About 24% of Yokohama residents reject resident registry

TOKYO, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Hiroshi Nakada (R) meets with home affairs minister Toranosuke Katayama in Tokyo on Oct. 16. The Yokohama city government said earlier in the day that 839,539 residents, or some 24% of its population, have chosen not to have their personal data registered in a newly launched national resident registry network.