Japan airports to introduce facial recognition for foreign visitors

Kyodo News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/09/13/20180913_japan.jpg"/><figcaption>This picture taken on April 12, 2018 shows an airplane taking off over a protest board against runway construction at a farmland encircled by Narita airport, Tokyo&#x27;s main international gateway, in Chiba prefecture. <em>Kazuhiro Nogi, AFP</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>TOKYO - Automatic gates using facial recognition systems will be implemented at a number of airports in Japan for short-term overseas visitors departing the country, immigration authorities said Tuesday.</p><p>The gates will come into use on July 24 at Tokyo&#x27;s Haneda airport and later this year at Narita, Kansai, Fukuoka, Chubu and Chitose airports, according to the Immigration Services Agency.</p><p>Their introduction is part of efforts to deal with an expected huge inflow of foreign travelers to Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.</p><p>The identification photo stored in the IC chip of a traveler&#x27;s passport will be scanned and compared to a photograph taken at the gate, which will then open if the two images match, according to the agency.</p><p>Facial recognition gates were introduced at Haneda airport for incoming Japanese travelers in October 2017. They are now also in use for Japanese nationals at four other major airports -- Narita, Chubu, Kansai and Fukuoka.</p><p>Narita will implement the gates for outgoing foreign visitors in August, Kansai in September, Fukuoka in October, Chubu and Chitose in November, and Naha Airport in Okinawa Prefecture next July.</p><div><strong>==Kyodo</strong></div>

<p>TOKYO - Automatic gates using facial recognition systems will be implemented at a number of airports in Japan for short-term overseas visitors departing the country, immigration authorities said Tuesday.</p>

TOKYO - Automatic gates using facial recognition systems will be implemented at a number of airports in Japan for short-term overseas visitors departing the country, immigration authorities said Tuesday.

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Japan airports to introduce facial recognition for foreign visitors

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Published Jul 02, 2019 11:28 AM PHT

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