The Basic Resident Registers Network (住民基本台帳ネットワーク Jūmin kihon daichō nettowāku) or Juki Net (住基ネット Jūki netto) is a national registry of Japanese citizens. It was ruled constitutional by the Supreme Court of Japan on March the 6th of 2008[1] amidst strong opposition.
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The registry contains the following information for each citizen:[2]
The initial phase of network started on August 5th 2002, which implemented, literally, Three statute for online government and local government executive procedure on June 7th 2003, and full operation on August 25th 2003.[4] The network is run by the Local Authorities Systems Development Center, a government-backed IT provider in Tokyo.[3]
Among more than 1,700 local governments in Japan, only two Kunitachi, Tokyo and Yamatsuri, Fukushima had refused to join the network as of May 2009.
Some fear misuse of the data[3] or data spill. Some consider it a violation of their privacy.[3] Many suits have been filed by cities or citizens would do not want to be registered, some were successful and some were not.[3]
The registry is opposed by the Democratic Party of Japan, the Liberal Party, the Japanese Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party.[2]