Glenski
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This one is also rife with nothing short of speculation.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080126a1.html
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080126a1.html
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"Foreigners will still be listed on a separate ledger from Japanese residents, and they will most likely be required to carry their IDs at all times," said Shimada, who is married to a Thai.
Shimada said that information on households may become more accessible by local governments, but discriminatory clauses will likely remain. "The Justice Ministry will have better control and more information on foreigners in Japan — and that seems to be the only change in the proposal for the new law," he said.
Do you want to be treated differently?The data will be controlled in a similar manner as for Japanese citizens
Do you want to be treated differently?
From your posts/threads in the past, I assume your answer is definitely "NO", isn't it?
It might be good if the new policy solves the current Jyuminhyo problem as well.
For some who did not know it was just a joke, it may be the big deal here, though I do not know what the new registry will be like...Honorary Jūminhyō
On February 12, 2002, Nishi Ward office in Yokohama issued an honorary jūminhyō to Tama-chan, an arctic bearded seal who took up residence in the rivers of Yokohama and Tokyo and became a national celebrity. This prompted a group of non-Japanese residents to paint whiskers on their faces and stage a protest march to demand their own jūminhyō.
Jūminhyō - Wikipedia
REMEMBER TAMA-CHAN!
For some who did not know it was just a joke, it may be the big deal here, though I do not know what the new registry will be like...
Where did you find them? The article was (expectedly) vague.
Look. This is not 1972. This is 2008 and computers can collate the data well enough without putting foreigners in a separate registration category.The only concrete change I see here is that the Japanese government will have more information on foreigners in one spot, 'household' information. So if you're a family living together you'll be treated as such, instead of a few separate foreigners living in the same domicile.
.The government lost millions of pension records.
The government leaked sensitive private data that they claimed was secure.
The government spent a mere 1000 bucks on its new fingerprinting policy