{"id":15625,"date":"2019-04-17T07:01:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T17:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=15625"},"modified":"2019-04-17T07:06:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T17:06:05","slug":"my-japan-times-jbc-115-know-your-rights-when-checking-in-at-an-airbnb-apr-17-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=15625","title":{"rendered":"My Japan Times JBC 115: “Know your rights when checking in at an Airbnb” (Apr 17, 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi Blog. \u00a0Here’s and excerpt of my latest Japan Times Just Be Cause Column 115<\/strong>, on NJ check in at hotels and Airbnb. \u00a0Reports to Debito.org are already coming in that police are willfully misinterpreting the law<\/a>, so be prepared if necessary to produce the law<\/a> and stand your ground. \u00a0Debito Arudou Ph.D.<\/p>\n

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ISSUES | JUST BE CAUSE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Know your rights when checking in at an Airbnb<\/strong>
\nBY DEBITO ARUDOU,\u00a0<\/strong>
\nTHE JAPAN TIMES, APR 17, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last year, the government passed a law covering minpaku<\/a>, which is when people rent out space on their properties to travelers (a la Airbnb). The law is part of an effort to regulate accommodations amid a tourism boom ahead of the 2020 Olympics.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

One issue for non-Japanese travelers, though, has been whether they must show ID such as a passports at check-in.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

For hotels, which fall under the Hotel Business Law, the regulation has always been this: For any adult, Japanese or non-Japanese, who has an address in Japan, ID is not required. You just write your contact details in the guest registry. However, for guests who don\u2019t reside in this country, displaying ID (i.e., your passport) is required.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Seems straightforward so far, right? But as has been reported several times over more than 10 years of this column, the police (and occasionally the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) have confused things. Some hotels have been instructed that all \u201cforeign guests\u201d must show ID, specifically their passports…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rest at https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/community\/2019\/04\/17\/issues\/know-rights-checking-airbnb\/<\/a><\/p>\n

More information at https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=15559<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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JT: Last year, the government passed a law covering minpaku, which is when people rent out space on their properties to travelers (a la Airbnb). The law is part of an effort to regulate accommodations amid a tourism boom ahead of the 2020 Olympics. One issue for non-Japanese travelers, though, has been whether they must show ID such as a passports at check-in.<\/p>\n

For hotels, which fall under the Hotel Business Law, the regulation has always been this: For any adult, Japanese or non-Japanese, who has an address in Japan, ID is not required. You just write your contact details in the guest registry. However, for guests who don\u2019t reside in this country, displaying ID (i.e., your passport) is required.<\/p>\n

Seems straightforward so far, right? But as has been reported several times over more than 10 years of this column, the police (and occasionally the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) have confused things. Some hotels have been instructed that all \u201cforeign guests\u201d must show ID, specifically their passports… Rest at https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/community\/2019\/04\/17\/issues\/know-rights-checking-airbnb\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,28,18,43,33,5,4,10,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-embedded-racism","category-anti-discrimination-templates","category-academia","category-bad-business-practices","category-fingerprinting-nj","category-human-rights","category-japanese-government","category-japanese-policeforeign-crime","category-practical-advice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15625"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15628,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15625\/revisions\/15628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}