The municipal assembly in the western Tokyo suburb of Kokubunji rejected on Friday three bills intended to enable the city to join the national resident registry network.
One of the bills was for an extra budget that included the cost of connecting to the system, one was to amend a city ordinance on protection of personal information and the third was to amend an ordinance on public service fees.
Mayor Nobuo Hoshino, who recently announced plans for Kokubunji to join the network, said he will exercise his power to urge the assembly to reconsider the bills.