THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 23, 2020 at 18:21 JST
A DNA sample is taken from the mouth of a person. (Provided by the National Police Agency)
Japanese law enforcement authorities now possess the DNA of 1 of every 100 citizens in Japan, as they have expanded the DNA crime database to about 1.3 million as of late 2019, The Asahi Shimbun has learned. [Read More]
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