[wantitnow]

A bit of advise needed.... I am a Canadian citizen with a criminal record ( theft under 5K 8 years ago ) . I'm headed to Japan next month and need to know if I should declare this on the entry form ? I know that the question is asked, but am thinking just writing no would be the best thing to do.

Here's the kicker, I was stopped about 5 months ago crossing to the usa and denied entry, sent back to Canada. While in the us immigration, they fingerprinted me and took photos of me. Kind of a overkill if you ask me... Nonetheless, I am concerned that the Japanese new fingerprint system may be interlinked with the us fingerprint system and they will be able to tell about my record from this once at Japanese customs ? Does anyone know about this or have had a similar experience ? My main question is that are these systems combined somehow to share information ?