New fingerprinting procedures for foreigners

RSS Podcast Feed – MP3 TOKYO – Say cheese! Those entering Japan after November 20th, 2007 will have to submit to fingerprinting and having their picture taken. While the only terrorist attacks on Japanese soil have been perpetrated by Japanese groups like the Red Army and Aum Shinrikyo, the government is singling out gaijin, and putting foreigners under suspicion. This week, an interview with Tokyo based freelance journalist Geoff Botting about the controversial new fingerprinting law.