{"id":10514,"date":"2012-12-07T07:16:02","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T22:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=10514"},"modified":"2012-12-07T07:16:02","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T22:16:02","slug":"irony-goj-pushes-citizen-id-law-despite-outcry-over-j-privacy-rights-sadly-never-similar-concerns-for-nj-privacy-natch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=10514","title":{"rendered":"Irony: GOJ pushes citizen ID law despite outcry over J privacy rights. Sadly, never similar concerns for NJ privacy, natch."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi Blog. \u00a0As a follow-up to the Debito.org post a few weeks ago on putting trackable chips on all non-citizens<\/a>, we have the same kind of push happening for Japan’s citizens (as per this old article that got buried in my draft blog posts, sorry) for very different express reasons (except for the oft-claimed “convenience” of those being identified, with the unescapable whiff of policing<\/a>). \u00a0That said, note how whenever there is an issue involving the infringement of civil\/human rights for “citizens”, there is also an ameliorating push to protect those rights with legislation (see second article below). \u00a0For “foreigners”, however, all civil, political, and human rights are essentially left to the mandate<\/a> of the policing Ministry of Justice<\/a>, which frequently makes a hash of things<\/a>. \u00a0But all this public concern over, say, privacy rights (whereas foreigners in Japan have had no guaranteed right to privacy in the Postwar Era, since the creation of the Foreign Registry Law<\/a>)… \u00a0Again, it’s one differentiation within Japan’s discourse that alienates Newcomers and Oldcomers, and sets the stage for making disenfranchised exceptions for people who don’t appear to be “Japanese”. \u00a0Have a think about this dichotomy, and how the GOJ a) normalizes discrimination, while b) ironically tries to foist the same style of rights abrogations on the general public that have been long-tested upon the “gaijin guinea pigs<\/a>“. \u00a0Arudou Debito<\/p>\n

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2012 February 15 – 21 [POLITICS]<\/strong>
\n Cabinet pushes citizen ID law<\/strong>
\n Japan Press February 15, 2012, courtesy of MMT<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.japan-press.co.jp\/modules\/news\/index.php?id=2728<\/a><\/p>\n

The Noda Cabinet approved bills at its meeting on February 14 that will assign an identification number to every citizen and every company, without regard to concerns over privacy abuse or to apprehensions about the possibility of having to pay more in taxes in order to receive better welfare services.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The identification system will collate personal information currently administrated under different programs such as for pension, healthcare, and taxation. The government states that it wants to implement a national ID system in January 2015.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There is now growing concern that such a national identity system could lead to invasion of privacy issues and may also be used to restrict government social security payments.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The government claims that a national ID system will provide easier access to social welfare programs for low-income families.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

If that is the aim, it can use other means to provide benefits. What is the government\u2019s true motive?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Akahata reports that the true intention is the promotion of the idea that \u201csocial welfare is a benefit one pays for,\u201d which contradicts the established idea of social welfare as a basic human right. The government, in essence, aims to cut back on its payments for social welfare benefits and increase social welfare premiums on the general public.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Democratic Party of Japan member of the Lower House Tamura Kenji during a Cabinet workgroup meeting candidly stated that the introduction of a national ID system is aimed at strengthening tax collection.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The DPJ has since 2009 called for a national ID system as \u201cessential\u201d to \u201cavoid paying unneeded or excessive social security benefits.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Japanese business leaders have also pushed for a national ID system. Chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) Yonekura Hiromasa said point-blank, \u201cThat\u2019s for the purpose of cutting social security expenditures.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

An opinion poll conducted in November last year by the Cabinet Office shows that more than 80% of respondents \u201cdo not know\u201d about the proposal to introduce a national ID system. The government should not be allowed to proceed with the plan to introduce such a system while keeping it secret from the general public.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The “Jinken Kyuusai Houan” wends its way through political channels<\/p>\n

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\u00a0ENDS<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a follow-up to the Debito.org post a few weeks ago on putting trackable chips on all non-citizens, we have the same kind of push happening for Japan’s citizens (as per this old article that got buried in my draft blog posts, sorry) for very different express reasons (except for the oft-claimed “convenience” of those being identified, with the unescapable whiff of policing). That said, note how whenever there is an issue involving the infringement of civil\/human rights for “citizens”, there is also an ameliorating push to protect those rights with legislation (see second article below). For “foreigners”, however, all civil, political, and human rights are essentially left to the mandate of the policing Ministry of Justice, which frequently makes a hash of things. But all this public concern over, say, privacy rights (whereas foreigners in Japan have had no guaranteed right to privacy in the Postwar Era, since the creation of the Foreign Registry Law)… Again, it’s one differentiation within Japan’s discourse that alienates Newcomers and Oldcomers, and sets the stage for making disenfranchised exceptions for people who don’t appear to be “Japanese”. Have a think about this dichotomy, and how the GOJ a) normalizes discrimination, while b) ironically tries to foist the same style of rights abrogations on the general public that have been long-tested upon the “gaijin guinea pigs”.<\/p>\n

Japan Press: The Noda Cabinet approved bills at its meeting on February 14 that will assign an identification number to every citizen and every company, without regard to concerns over privacy abuse or to apprehensions about the possibility of having to pay more in taxes in order to receive better welfare services. The identification system will collate personal information currently administrated under different programs such as for pension, healthcare, and taxation. The government states that it wants to implement a national ID system in January 2015.<\/p>\n

There is now growing concern that such a national identity system could lead to invasion of privacy issues and may also be used to restrict government social security payments. The government claims that a national ID system will provide easier access to social welfare programs for low-income families. If that is the aim, it can use other means to provide benefits. What is the government\u2019s true motive?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,5,26,4,48,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fingerprinting-nj","category-human-rights","category-ironies-hypocrisies","category-japanese-government","category-shoe-on-the-other-foot-dept","category-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}