2007年11月13日火曜日

New law;Fingerprinting

This article"Not so welcome to Japan any longer." is protest against the law which is when foreigners enter Japan,they have to take their fingerprint or photograph to identity whether they are terrorists or not.It will be start by an immigration bureau and the justice ministry in Nov.20.

The writer feels that this law is smug and arrogant, and either dishonest or dangerously deluded because it will invade human right and fingerprinting and photographing do not completely leave who is a terrorist,it is just for establishing identity.

I think the writer seems to be true.Fingerprinting might help prevention of terrorists effectively but if it is applied to all foreigners except for terrorists,they would feel that Japanese are unwelcome to Japan and they might be invade their privacy.Certainly,it has an effect to warn international terrorists to stop entering Japan but it will affect all foreigners who has nothing to do with terrorists.