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The J-BIS Biounit is an immigration control system that was introduced into Japanese airports. It is a machine that is located at the immigration booth. When a person who wishes to enter the country and applies for disembarkation, fingerprints of both index fingers are collected along with a photograph. At the same time, the person is checked against immigration office lists, and criminals, people who were previously deported, and other punished foreigners are prevented from entering the country. On November 20, 2007, Narita Airport, Kansai International Airport,〔(「指紋や顔でチェック 関空でバイオ入国審査実験」 ) 産経ニュース 2007年11月12日〕 and Chūbu Centrair International Airport had the system, with plans to roll out the system to the 27 airports and 126 harbors in the country.〔(「中部でも入国外国人の指紋採取「当然」「懸念も」 ) 中日新聞 2007年11月20日〕 ==Summary== Until the start of J-BIS, when people would land in Japan and apply for entry, it was difficult to tell which people had changed their names or used special names on their passports, had been deported, or had criminal records. After the events of 9/11, Japan amended its Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act. On November 20, 2007, the changes to the act went into effect. Most foreigners (everyone except special permanent residents, diplomats, people who were invited by the government, and people under the age of 16) were now required to have fingerprints taken from their two index fingers, as well as a photograph. The J-BIS system was the second system of its type enacted in the world; the first was the USA's US-VISIT system.〔 The fingerprint scans and photographs are transferred from the airport to the immigration office's servers, and this information is compared against a blacklist in around five seconds. This list is a collection of Interpol information and around 14,000 people that have been searched by Japanese police, as well as the fingerprints and pictures that were recorded from around 800,000 foreigners who were deported from Japan.〔 According to the immigration office, it is predicted that 0.001% of people who enter Japan appear on the blacklist.〔 Since the introduction of the system, 846 people were received exclusion orders by immigration authorities〔(韓国―九州・山口で密航急増…バイオ認証避け海路 ), Yomiuri Shimbun, January 9, 2010〕 and 8 people were arrested for fabricating their fingerprints.〔(入国審査、指紋細工で告発８人 １～１０月、法務省集計 ), 47 news, December 6, 2009〕 The Japan Coast Guard also reported that the number of smugglers crossing the Korea Strait from the Korean peninsula has increased rapidly.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「J-BIS」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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