Publicity Video on Amendment of Immigration Act Entitled “Landing Examination Procedures for Japan are Changing!” Available via the Internet

   
 

Publicity Video on Amendment of Immigration Act Entitled “Landing Examination Procedures for Japan are Changing!” Available via the Internet

July 2007
Immigration Bureau
Ministry of Justice

    On May 24, 2006, the amended Immigration Control Act was promulgated, which includes provisions intended for the prevention of terrorist attacks. More specifically, the amended Act has established a new procedure wherein at the landing examination, foreign nationals (excluding special permanent residents, persons under the age of 16, and others specified as eligible for exemption) are required to submit personal identification information such as fingerprints. The new procedure shall be put into operation by November 23, 2007. It is expected that the introduction of the new landing examination procedure using personal identification information will make it possible to detect terrorists at the border more successfully and prevent the occurrence of terrorist attacks, thereby making Japan a safer country.
    In order to publicize this new procedure widely among people at home and abroad, the Immigration Bureau of the Ministry of Justice has produced a publicity video entitled “Landing Examination Procedures for Japan are Changing!”
    Since June 14, 2007, the foreign language versions of this video (with English, Chinese, and Korean subtitles) have been broadcasted on the overseas channel of the government Internet TV (61ch, Cool Japan [http://nettv.gov-online.go.jp/channel.html?c=61]). We would recommend that you check the video to understand the purpose and details of the new procedure.

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