Hi Blog. It’s Nov 20, FP Day. Keep your eyes peeled for how the media talks about the event, send in briefs (or copies of whole articles, duly credited) about what you see. A reader wrote in last night to say:<\/p>\n
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\nNHK 7PM NEWS NOV 19TH
\nAbsolutely no mention of fingerprinting NJ entering Japan starting tomorrow. I’ll give them another chance tomorrow night, but that’s it. If they don’t find this new policy newsworthy, why should the foreign community pay for NHK?<\/b><\/p>\n
Also notable that it is still hard to find a regular Japanese person who is even aware the policy is coming into effect. Not surprising really if NHK has nothing to say about it.
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Wow, the anger runneth over these days. Quite so. Speaking of media, here’s a post from a friend who also considers the dearth of coverage (except to justify it as a domestic crime-prevention measure by hiring former baseball pitchers as spokespeople<\/a>). Have a read. Debito in Sapporo<\/p>\n ===========================<\/p>\n Hi Debito. Guess what was just posted to YouTube? If you guessed official (painless looking) instructions for fingerprinting and photographing, complete with elevator music and a smiling foreigner, you’d be right!<\/i><\/p>\n http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=ZiBFYSXKu10<\/a><\/p>\n Is this the official video to be shown on flights entering Japan??? Doh! To be fair, I don’t know how they can offer in-flight instructions without coming across like they see us as criminals.<\/p>\n Again…<\/p>\n I really hope someone can post a catchy video on YouTube WITH a link to the petition<\/a> right below this watered-down load of rubbish! So far, only TWO videos uploaded to YouTube on fingerprinting in Japan. I’m surprised no one else has thought to do this, yet. The other video is a news clip from Japanese television. Anyway, only 38 “views” so far on that link I included.<\/p>\n Also found some information on Japan Today that may interest you. I’m going to quote it since it didn’t come from me:<\/p>\n ============= http:\/\/www.chunichi.co.jp\/article\/national\/news\/CK2007111902065426.html<\/a> Focus on last paragraph:<\/p>\n \u65e5\u672c\u4eba\u3084\u7279\u5225\u6c38\u4f4f\u8005\u3089\u304c\u4e8b\u524d\u306b\u6307\u7d0b\u3092\u767b\u9332\u3057\u3066\u304a\u304d\u3001\u6307\u7d0b\u7167\u5408\u3060\u3051\u3067\u51fa\u5165\u56fd\u3067\u304d\u308b\u300c\u81ea\u52d5\u5316\u30b2\u30fc\u30c8\u300d\u3082\uff12\uff10\u65e5\u304b\u3089\u3001\u6210\u7530\u7a7a\u6e2f\u3067\u5148\u884c\u5c0e\u5165\u3055\u308c\u308b\u3002<\/p>\n Japanese and Zainichi, etc (or since this is news to me, “also”) can preregister their fingerprints for the express lane(s).”<\/p>\n ——<\/p>\n Posted by: nigelboy (Nov 19 2007 – 18:31)<\/p>\n “Posted by nigelboy November 14th 14:04<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.moj.go.jp\/NYUKAN\/nyukan63-3.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n It’s part of the SPT program (Simplyfying Passenger Travel)<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.spt.aero\/about<\/a> “<\/p>\n Also some stories in there regarding the current conditions before the procedures are brought in:<\/p>\n ——-<\/p>\n “Today at Narita” “went to see a buddy off back to New Zaland and as usual showed my alien card as ID after getting off the train. Was then singled out by an overzealous policemen for no reason (apparently spot checks) and given the 3rd degree. I even had to hand over my current mobile number. While asking me many questions he was flatout filling in a form. I guess they are trying to get more data than they have now on record. We must be given a chance to register our prints and a photo once and that should be the end of it. From then on we should be in the re-entry line!!”<\/p>\n ———<\/p>\n “Immigration fingerprinting, photographing device unveiled at Narita” “I flew out of Narita a couple of weeks ago and they were separating gaijin from J then. That pretty much narked me off as I had to queue for 25 mins (this is in spite of paying J taxes and employing people here). The thought of then either having to queue and answer questions or go through the typically bureaucratic and petty minded pre-application procedure – which would nark me even more – then the stresses of flying out of Narita are bound to quadruple.”<\/p>\n ——–<\/p>\n All these quotes come from: By the way: I love the idea of having a page for the stories of those that are coming through the airports. That’s apparently being done over here too:<\/p>\n http:\/\/reentryjapan.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n Well worth a look. I, too, am interested in hearing those stories.<\/p>\n You may also want to do a small story on how the government is losing personal info right, left, and center these days. I can point you in the right direction:<\/p>\n \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n 731 SDF applicants’ details leaked onto Internet<\/b><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/dy\/national\/20071118TDY02309.htm<\/a> Personal details of 731 people who passed the first-stage entrance examination for recruitment by the Self-Defense Forces have been accidently uploaded onto the Internet, it has been learned.<\/p>\n The Defense Ministry learned the list had been online for six weeks and has begun investigating how the information was compromised.<\/p>\n The list–confidentially created using spreadsheet software by Yokohama-based SDF Kanagawa Provincial Cooperation Office, which recruits self-defense officers in Kanagawa–included Kanagawa Prefecture-based applicants’ personal details including their name, sex, date of birth, address, cell phone number and parents’ names.<\/p>\n On the list, each candidate’s former high school was recorded as well as the prefectural rankings of the high schools, taken from a commercially available information book for high school examinations.<\/p>\n In addition, the list was sorted by applicants’ preferred personnel assignments such as the Ground, Maritime or Air Self-Defense Forces. The list also included the names of self-defense officers–likely the recruiters of the individual candidates.<\/p>\n The recruitment office said it conducted the first-stage entrance examination in September. Though the office intended to make only the identification number of those who passed the first-round examination available online, the office likely mistakenly posted the entire list on the Internet on Oct. 1 when it uploaded the ID numbers.<\/p>\n Later, the site was updated, hiding the list, but the Web page remained accessible via search engines.<\/p>\n After a family member of an examinee whose name was on the list made the office aware of the problem Friday evening, the office barred access to the list.<\/p>\n “We intend to inform the examinees [about the leak] and apologize to them,” the office said. “We’ll study what measures should be taken to prevent such leaks occurring in the future.”<\/p>\n Families of examinees have expressed their dismay over the mishandling of the information.<\/p>\n “The situation, which saw detailed personal information made available online, is a serious error that caused problems for the examinees,” the man who told the office of the errors said. “They have to realize the severity of the situation.”<\/p>\n “I worked as an SDF officer. I think it was disgraceful,” the father of a male examinee said. “They let their guard down…now we’re afraid what the information could be used for. The Defense Ministry has been hit by so many scandals that even as a former officer, I find it hard to be proud of it.”<\/p>\n The Defense Ministry and SDF have been hit by a succession of information leaks. In February last year, confidential data on the MSDF destroyer Asayuki was leaked onto the Internet through members’ privately owned computers, which had been installed with a file-exchange program.<\/p>\n In April last year, the Defense Ministry prohibited the use of privately owned computers in the workplace, and barred personnel from handling business data on privately owned computers. Then, SDF members were visited at home by inspectors who checked whether personnel had stored business data on their computers. \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n Japanese finger virus for police document leak<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2004\/04\/07\/japanese_keystone_cops\/<\/a><\/p>\n Japanese finger virus for police document leak Japanese police are blaming a computer virus for a leak of information about criminal investigations. The names, birthdays, addresses and other personal data of 11 people were listed in the leaked documents, along with a detailed description of an alleged crime. Police have promised to notify the 11, including an alleged crime victim, to explain the cock-up.<\/p>\n Japanese newspaper Daily Yomiuri reports that police suspect that a computer virus might have sucked up this sensitive data and spread it over the Net. Viruses like SirCam are capable of this kind of behaviour but an equally likely scenario is that the hapless officer’s PC was hacked into.<\/p>\n The leak only came to light after the data was made available to all and sundry over the popular Winny P2P network, the Asahi Shimbun reports.<\/p>\n The officer at the centre of the debacle created the leaked documents in 2002 while practicing how to fill out forms using real data instead of dummy entries.<\/p>\n He was on police box duty and authorised to use his own PC but not to save sensitive data on it, a violation in police procedures that has become the subject of disciplinary inquiry. <\/p>\n \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n Nine laptop computers stolen from Japanese Embassy in Belgium<\/p>\n http:\/\/mdn.mainichi.jp\/national\/news\/20071105p2a00m0na005000c.html<\/a> BRUSSELS, Belgium — Thieves broke into the Japanese Embassy in Belgium and stole nine laptop computers, including one belonging to the consul, embassy officials have announced.<\/p>\n The break-in is believed to have occurred between the evening of Nov. 2 and the predawn hours of Nov. 3. Officials said nothing besides the computers had been stolen. They added that no confidential diplomatic information had been leaked outside the embassy.<\/p>\n The embassy is located on the sixth and seventh floors of a seven-story building in the middle of Brussels. Investigators said the locks on double-layer doors at the entrance on the sixth floor had been broken.<\/p>\n The embassy was closed between Nov. 1 and 4 for national holidays and the weekend. Japanese officials have asked the government in Belgium to boost security in the wake of the incident. \u3000\u3010\u30d6\u30ea\u30e5\u30c3\u30bb\u30eb\u798f\u539f\u76f4\u6a39\u3011\u30d6\u30ea\u30e5\u30c3\u30bb\u30eb\u306e\u5728\u30d9\u30eb\u30ae\u30fc\u65e5\u672c\u5927\u4f7f\u9928\u306f\uff14\u65e5\u3001\u4f55\u8005\u304b\u304c\u5927\u4f7f\u9928\u306b\u4fb5\u5165\u3057\u3001\u9818\u4e8b\u3092\u306f\u3058\u3081\u9928\u54e1\u306e\u30ce\u30fc\u30c8\u30d1\u30bd\u30b3\u30f3\u8a08\uff19\u53f0\u304c\u76d7\u307e\u308c\u305f\u3053\u3068\u3092\u660e\u3089\u304b\u306b\u3057\u305f\u3002\u4fb5\u5165\u306f\uff12\u65e5\u5915\u304b\u3089\uff13\u65e5\u672a\u660e\u306e\u9593\u3068\u307f\u3089\u308c\u308b\u3002\u30d1\u30bd\u30b3\u30f3\u4ee5\u5916\u306b\u88ab\u5bb3\u306f\u306a\u304f\u3001\u5916\u4ea4\u4e0a\u306e\u79d8\u5bc6\u60c5\u5831\u306f\u5916\u90e8\u306b\u6301\u3061\u51fa\u3055\u308c\u3066\u3044\u306a\u3044\u3068\u3044\u3046\u3002<\/p>\n \u3000\u540c\u5927\u4f7f\u9928\u306f\u738b\u5bae\u3084\u30d9\u30eb\u30ae\u30fc\u653f\u5e9c\u5e81\u820e\u304c\u4e26\u3076\u5e02\u5185\u4e2d\u5fc3\u90e8\u306b\u3042\u308b\uff17\u968e\u5efa\u3066\u30d3\u30eb\u306e\uff16\uff5e\uff17\u968e\u90e8\u5206\u306b\u5165\u5c45\u3059\u308b\u3002\u8abf\u3079\u3067\u306f\u3001\uff16\u968e\u5165\u308a\u53e3\u306e\uff12\u91cd\u30c9\u30a2\u306e\u9375\u304c\u58ca\u3055\u308c\u3066\u304a\u308a\u3001\u3053\u3053\u304b\u3089\u4fb5\u5165\u3055\u308c\u305f\u3089\u3057\u3044\u3002\u5730\u5143\u8b66\u5bdf\u306f\u7a83\u76d7\u4e8b\u4ef6\u3068\u3057\u3066\u635c\u67fb\u3092\u59cb\u3081\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n \u3000\u540c\u5927\u4f7f\u9928\u306f\uff11\uff5e\uff14\u65e5\u306e\u9593\u3001\u30d9\u30eb\u30ae\u30fc\u306e\u795d\u65e5\u3068\u9031\u672b\u3067\u4f11\u9928\u4e2d\u3060\u3063\u305f\u3002\u4e8b\u4ef6\u5f8c\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u5074\u306f\u30d9\u30eb\u30ae\u30fc\u653f\u5e9c\u306b\u5927\u4f7f\u9928\u306e\u8b66\u5099\u5f37\u5316\u3092\u6c42\u3081\u305f\u3068\u3044\u3046\u3002 Yomiuri has it at eleven laptops with details on the contents of those laptops —<\/i><\/p>\n \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n 11 laptop PCs stolen from Brussels embassy<\/b><\/p>\n
\n“Here’s an interesting development…”
\nWhatJapanThinks (Nov 19 2007 – 17:07)<\/b><\/p>\n
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\ngenkidave (Nov 19 2007 – 23:55)<\/p>\n
\nRichard_III (Nov 19 2007 – 16:59)<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.japantoday.com\/jp\/news\/421530<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n
\n731 SDF applicants’ details leaked onto Internet
\nThe Yomiuri Shimbun<\/p>\n
\n(Yomiuri Nov. 18, 2007)<\/p>\n
\nBug in Japan
\nBy John Leyden The Register
\nPublished Wednesday 7th April 2004 14:56 GMT<\/p>\n
\nInformation from 19 documents – including investigation reports, expert opinions and police searches – found its way from the hard disk of an officer from Shimogamo Police Station in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, onto the Net last month.<\/p>\n
\nNine laptop computers stolen from Japanese Embassy in Belgium<\/p>\n
\n\uff08Mainichi Japan\uff09 November 5, 2007
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