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 6, 2008[1] amidst strong opposition.
The percentage of popularization of the smartcard (called Juki-card) is of such a low ratio that there is a strong view amongst the general public that the system will end in failure.
[2] The registry contains the following information for each citizen:[3] The initial phase of the network started on August 5, 2002, which implemented, literally, Three statutes for online government and local government executive procedure on June 7, 2003, and full operation on August 25, 2003.
[4] Among more than 1,700 local governments in Japan, only two (Kunitachi, Tokyo and Yamatsuri, Fukushima) have refused to join the network as of May 2009.