There have been various lower court decisions about the constitutionality of the fingerprinting system in Japan. In its December 24, 1995 decision, the Japanese Supreme Court ruled the practice constitutional. Reviewing the series of rulings on this issue, however, I must point out some of the problems which I think are logically questionable. In this paper, I will delve into two points : (1) What is "the freedom of private life?" (2) The relationship between the right of refusing fingerprinting and the right of privacy.
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