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Gaijin da!
May. 17th, 2006 09:26 amWhen I lived Over There, I was fingerprinted and had to carry a photo ID card - called it my "Martian pass" - with me at all times, and had to report annually at the police station, also any time I changed addresses.
I wonder if my son will be included in this scheme when he's old enough and travelling back and forth between here and There. Probably, since he won't be a fully Japanese citizen in the legal sense (and will never be Japanese in the cultural sense, anyway).
Anyway, the real target of this measure is the Iranians and Pakistanis who live a semi-legal, undocumented existence in the larger Japanese cities as day labourers and petty criminals. Again, if you're white in Japan, you are definitely Not From Around Here and therefore an object of mixed curiosity and suspicion, but are generally given a pass.
Japan passes measure to fingerprint foreigners
Last Updated Wed, 17 May 2006 12:04:12 EDT
CBC News
Japan's cabinet has given final approval to a plan to fingerprint and photograph all adult foreigners entering the country, six years after the country dropped a similar requirement because of privacy concerns.
( Read more... )
I wonder if my son will be included in this scheme when he's old enough and travelling back and forth between here and There. Probably, since he won't be a fully Japanese citizen in the legal sense (and will never be Japanese in the cultural sense, anyway).
Anyway, the real target of this measure is the Iranians and Pakistanis who live a semi-legal, undocumented existence in the larger Japanese cities as day labourers and petty criminals. Again, if you're white in Japan, you are definitely Not From Around Here and therefore an object of mixed curiosity and suspicion, but are generally given a pass.
Japan passes measure to fingerprint foreigners
Last Updated Wed, 17 May 2006 12:04:12 EDT
CBC News
Japan's cabinet has given final approval to a plan to fingerprint and photograph all adult foreigners entering the country, six years after the country dropped a similar requirement because of privacy concerns.
( Read more... )
