TOKYO, March 6 (UPI) -- The Japanese Supreme Court Thursday declared constitutional the so-called ''Juki Net'' national resident registry network.
The controversial network links basic residency registries at local authorities across Japan by compiling citizens' basic personal information.
The decision is the first by the highest court to declare that the Juki Net does not infringe on the right to privacy and is constitutional, Kyodo reported.
The highest court's five-justice first petty bench ruled in local governments' favor in all four separate lawsuits involving the network.
Justice Norio Wakui, the presiding judge in the cases, said data to be stored in the Juki Net database are out of the scope of confidential information involving personal moralities.
