{{short description|Japanese national registry}} The {{nihongo|'''Basic Resident Registers Network'''|住民基本台帳ネットワーク|Jūmin kihon daichō nettowāku}} also known as {{nihongo|'''Juki Net'''|住基ネット|Jūki netto}} is a national registry of Japanese citizens and foreign residents in Japan. Established in 2002 by the Japanese government, the network is compiled of resident records provided by a respective municipal authority.<ref>{{Cite web |title=総務省｜住基ネット｜「住基ネット」って何？ |url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/jichi_gyousei/c-gyousei/daityo/juuki01.html |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=総務省 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=総務省｜Basic Resident Registration System for Foreign Residents |url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/jichi_gyousei/c-gyousei/zairyu/english/index.html |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=総務省 |language=ja}}</ref>
== History == 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Achieving e-Local Government |url=http://www.soumu.go.jp/english/wp/pdf/chapter3-6.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
== Criticism == The Basic Resident Registry Network was met with widespread opposition from people, political parties, and prefectures. Despite this, In 2008, the Supreme Court of Japan ruled the Basic Resident Registers Network and subsequent affiliations constitutional.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brooke |first=James |date=2002-08-06 |title=Japan in an Uproar as 'Big Brother' Computer File Kicks In |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/06/world/japan-in-an-uproar-as-big-brother-computer-file-kicks-in.html |access-date=2025-04-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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.
The registry is opposed by the Democratic Party of Japan, the Liberal Party, the Japanese Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party.<ref name="findarticles">{{cite news |year=2002 |title=Opposition seeks postponing resident registry network |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_2002_June_17/ai_87386384/pg_1 |work=Japan Policy & Politics}}</ref>
== See also == * Jūminhyō
== References == {{reflist|30em}} * {{cite book |last =水町 |first =雅子 |date =2017-11-15 |edition =1st. |title =逐条解説マイナンバー法 |publisher =Shojihomu Co., Ltd. |location =Kayaba-cho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan |isbn =978-4-7857-2567-9 }}
== External links == * [https://archive.today/20121220103857/http://www.lasdec.nippon-net.ne.jp/English/index.htm Local Authorities Systems Development Center] Category:Civil registries Category:Politics of Japan Category:Government databases in Japan Category:Databases in Japan Category:2002 establishments in Japan