{"id":9796,"date":"2012-01-15T07:44:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T22:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=9796"},"modified":"2012-01-16T03:41:23","modified_gmt":"2012-01-15T18:41:23","slug":"mainichi-transport-ministry-mulling-random-body-search-of-10-of-all-airport-passengers-at-narita-etc-random-not-likely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=9796","title":{"rendered":"Mainichi: Transport ministry mulling random body search of 10% of all airport passengers at Narita etc. Random? Not likely."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hi Blog. \u00a0Relating to the current Debito.org topics of racial profiling, searches<\/a>, horrendous detentions<\/a>, and even killings of NJ<\/a> in Japanese airports, here is a harbinger of future policy: \u00a0More of the same. \u00a0In fact, according to the Mainichi, a “strengthened” more of the same — affecting 10% of all air passengers<\/em>. \u00a0All in the name of anti-terrorism. \u00a0Sounds jolly. \u00a0It’s still in the “mulling” stage (but it’s at the bureaucratic level, so no doubt it’ll be smoothly rubber-stamped into law by politicians loath to “touch the controls” when the “safety of wagakuni<\/em>, the kokutai<\/em> and kokumin<\/em><\/a>” (i.e., not foreigners) is at stake.<\/p>\n

Proponents claim these searches will be “random”. \u00a0Yeah, sure. \u00a0Just like they have been so far<\/a>. \u00a0After all, GOJ official policy has long been that foreigners are more likely to be terrorists<\/a>. \u00a0So, find the foreigner, and Bob’s your uncle, yuppers; it’s a short cut. \u00a0Narita Airport, a pretty crappy and inconvenient airport to begin with, sounds like it’s becoming a real funhouse. \u00a0Shall we try Haneda, Chubu, or KIX, anyone? \u00a0Arudou Debito<\/p>\n

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Transport ministry mulling random body search of airport passengers<\/strong>
\n (Mainichi Japan) December 25, 2011, courtesy JK<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/mdn.mainichi.jp\/mdnnews\/news\/20111225p2g00m0dm061000c.html<\/a><\/p>\n

CHIBA (Kyodo) — The transport ministry is considering strengthening antiterrorism measures at international airports in Japan from as early as April by conducting body searches on randomly selected passengers, airport sources said Sunday.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Departing passengers who do not pass screening at walk-through metal detectors are currently asked to go through a body search. With the new inspection procedure, about 10 percent of passengers will be randomly selected for a body search and baggage check, the sources said.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism expects the reinforced inspection procedures to act as a deterrent to terrorism, including acts involving explosives and weapons which metal detectors do not pick up, they said.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The new airport security practice is expected to be introduced at Narita airport and some other international airports, the sources said.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The ministry and airlines are discussing whether the longer time needed for the security inspection would cause significant delays in plane boarding.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Relating to the current Debito.org topics of racial profiling, searches, horrendous detentions, and even killings of NJ in Japanese airports, here is a harbinger of future policy: More of the same. In fact, according to the Mainichi, a “strengthened” more of the same — affecting 10% of all air passengers. All in the name of anti-terrorism. Sounds jolly. It’s still in the “mulling” stage (but it’s at the bureaucratic level, so no doubt it’ll be smoothly rubber-stamped into law by politicians loath to “touch the controls” when the “safety of wagakuni, the kokutai and kokumin” (i.e., not foreigners) is at stake.<\/p>\n

Proponents claim these searches will be “random”. Yeah, sure. Just like they have been so far. After all, GOJ official policy has long been that foreigners are more likely to be terrorists. So, find the foreigner, and Bob’s your uncle, yuppers; it’s a short cut. Narita Airport, a pretty crappy and inconvenient airport to begin with, sounds like it’s becoming a real funhouse.<\/p>\n

Mainichi: The transport ministry is considering strengthening antiterrorism measures at international airports in Japan from as early as April by conducting body searches on randomly selected passengers, airport sources said Sunday.<\/p>\n

Departing passengers who do not pass screening at walk-through metal detectors are currently asked to go through a body search. With the new inspection procedure, about 10 percent of passengers will be randomly selected for a body search and baggage check, the sources said. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism expects the reinforced inspection procedures to act as a deterrent to terrorism, including acts involving explosives and weapons which metal detectors do not pick up, they said.<\/p>\n

The new airport security practice is expected to be introduced at Narita airport and some other international airports, the sources said. The ministry and airlines are discussing whether the longer time needed for the security inspection would cause significant delays in plane boarding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,5,4,11,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fingerprinting-nj","category-human-rights","category-japanese-government","category-problematic-foreign-treatment","category-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9796","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=9796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}