I got my monthly newsletter from the US Embassy in Tokyo. (I used to live in Japan and never bothered to unsubscribe.) Japan is instituting new immigration procedures starting November 23, 2007. Foreign nationals (i.e. US citizens and the like) will be required to provide fingerprints, a facial photograph and there will be an interview of some sort. It will be interesting to see if people are informed of this new requirement before they make the trip and how they respond to the new requirements.
The US instituted the US-VISIT program on September 30, 2004 (from what I could find) so basically the Japanese are just balancing the scales.
So soon traveling will mean that many countries will have your fingerprint and picture. Will this be a problem for some people? What could happen if that data is compromised? Could identify theft go to a whole different level?
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