Comments on: Japan to Fingerprint Foreigners from Next Month

By: Cain

Cain — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:32:43 +0000

come on guys, its a fingerprint… who gives a crap?

ok, the lines are long? they are long everywhere… airports suck

you think they are gonna frame you for something? you probably aren’t important enough

“I’m never going to Japan, the US, or any other country that makes visitors feel like criminals. Don’t want my money? Fine, I will go spend it someplace else.”

i dont think they care AND yeah right, if u wanna go, REALLY wanna go is fingerprinting going to stop you?

By: Screw the Fingerprinters

Screw the Fingerprinters — Fri, 30 May 2008 22:05:44 +0000

I’m never going to Japan, the US, or any other country that makes visitors feel like criminals. Don’t want my money? Fine, I will go spend it someplace else.

Japan and US: Baka and Idiot

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:55:09 +0000

Lainey: I have no idea, it probably is forever though. :(

By: lainey

lainey — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:37:42 +0000

Anyone know how long the prints are kept for? I’m finding it hard to find this info anywhere. I’ve already been once, but I’m not planning to go again until this is removed or if the prints are deleted after a period of time. The US says ‘indefinite period of time’ which means FOREVER… hence why I’m NEVER going there!

By: Japan Is Doomed » Underwater Train To Korea : Good Idea?

Japan Is Doomed » Underwater Train To Korea : Good Idea? — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:02:13 +0000

[...] Get rid of this fingerprinting nonsense. Don’t: Keep the fingerprinting, or add mandatory retina scans, finger and toe counts or any [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:08:07 +0000

Jamaipanese: Too true, it’s rolling in in the UK soon too :(

By: Jamaipanese

Jamaipanese — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:31:17 +0000

a sign of the times -_-

pretty soon all countries will be doing this

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:24:43 +0000

Incredible. I’ve got one trip to Japan scheduled before the Nov 20 changes come into place. After that, I’m not going. Why:

* Treats you like a criminal.
* Fingerprints are easy to fake. Organized crime can now take your fingerprints off a glass, apply them to a crime scene, and the horse-blinkered Japanese police will immediately search their fingerprint database and find you. Since they’ve already got a foreigners-are-guility-mindset. Once your name comes up, you’re screwed. Japanese Courts only ever rubber stamp the evidence of police.

This is dumbassery on the part of Koizumi/Abe. Want to see a decline in tourism and business to Japan: this will make it happen. The LDP Nationalists can’t get it through their thickheads that foreigners don’t like being treated like criminals. Look up IBARAKI PREFECTURE on Wikipedia: They have a poster of Japanese police beating a foreigner to the ground. Japanese are fine with this poster.

Japan: We have a choice. We don’t have to go to your country. The worlds a big place, and China is now a better economy for people to plug into. I’ve a choice where I take my holidays. I’ve been holidaying in Japan for ten years. Treat me like a crook, and I’ll go elsewhere.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:26:31 +0000

Richy: I dunno, I’d probably cut off my own fingers to get out of that bloody queue… ;)

By: Richy

Richy — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:10:32 +0000

Considering the biggest terrorist threats to ever hit Japan, were performed by Japanese citizens, residing in Japan (Aum Shinrikyo and Nihon Sekigun) you’d think it was ironic that suddenly the government feels the need to ramp up its security measures against a non-existent foreign terrorist threat.

Perhaps they could fingerprint the next tsunami or earthquake, so the government is adequately aware that when it hits the country, the people can be made aware that it did NOT have a criminal record.

I would however, happily cut off Arudou Debito’s fingers if it meant I could spend 60 seconds less in the line at Narita airport.