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>hotels Fwiw some countries, including Japan, require the hotel to keep a record of a copy of your passport/residence card (for non citizens at least) to meet
by EE84M3i 5y ago
>hotels
Fwiw some countries, including Japan, require the hotel to keep a record of a copy of your passport/residence card (for non citizens at least) to meet regulatory requirements. It's not up to the hotel to choose to collect it or not.
- lobochrome 5y agoTravelled a lot in Japan. Happens rarely tbh but happens. Used to happen in hotels everywhere around the globe though.
- EE84M3i 5y agohttps://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2020/02/17/issues/hotel-privacy-passports-personal-information-tourism/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2020/02/17/issues/hot... says copies of passports have been required since at least 2014. I seem to recall I had a similar experience in Canada.