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FACIAL RECOGNITION

In addition to prepaid transportation integrated circuit (IC) cards, such as Suica and Pasmo, a growing number of railway operators are introducing contactless credit card payments.
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2025
Railway firms diversify ticket gate access methods
A growing number of railway operators are introducing contactless credit card payments.
Seven Bank has set up ATMs with facial-recognition technology for cash deposits and withdrawals.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 9, 2025
Japan's Seven Bank starts ATM service using face recognition
Named Face Cash, the new service enables depositors with Seven Bank or Shizuoka Bank to make deposits and withdrawals without cash cards or smartphones.
A clinic in the city of Saitama in May 2020
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 11, 2025
Japan may provide support to boost rollout of smartphone-based health cards
The health ministry may provide support to medical institutions and pharmacies to promote the use of digital My Number personal identification and health insurance cards.
Choi Min-kyong (right), a North Korean defector who said she was deported by China four times before making it to South Korea in 2012, and Shin Ju-ye (left), who fled North Korea in the 1990s and settled in China before defecting to South Korea last year, speak during an interview in Seoul on July 19.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 25, 2024
China cracks down on North Korean defectors with biometric surveillance
Facial-recognition cameras now monitor China's border with North Korea, documents show, while police have collected biometric data of North Koreans in the country.
A demonstration of payments and identity verification service utilizing finger vein recognition is conducted in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2024
Tobu Railway to expand biometric identification service
The company plans to link the service to facial recognition to check train tickets as early as fiscal 2025.
A facial recognition system at ticket gates has been introduced at the Yamaman Yukarigaoka Line in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2024
Facial recognition for train passengers in use in Chiba Prefecture
A boarding system using a facial recognition technology was introduced at the Yamaman Yukarigaoka Line.
An Israeli military helicopter flying away from the helipad of a hospitalin Tel Aviv, Israel, after transporting a patient on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 28, 2024
Israel deploys expansive facial recognition program in Gaza
Members of Israeli intelligence and its military are concerned about the experimental surveillance effort's false positives and cases of mistaken identity.
Police officers monitor traffic on the streets from surveillance cameras in Buenos Aires in April 2020.
WORLD / Society
Mar 20, 2024
Reboot of Buenos Aires facial recognition plan fuels privacy fears
The system of 300 cameras linked to a national crime database was suspended two years ago after a court ruled it unconstitutional.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Nov 12, 2022
Australia bets on facial recognition for problem gamblers
The tech is set to be rolled out across gambling venues in the state of New South Wales next year, raising privacy concerns.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 14, 2022
Ukraine now using Clearview AI’s facial recognition technology during war
Ukraine is receiving free access to Clearview AI's powerful search engine for faces, letting authorities potentially vet people of interest at checkpoints, among other uses.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2022
Watch out for the facial recognition overlords
As the technology advances, today's gatekeepers of facial recognition are promising stringent security to protect the data. But is that a promise they can keep?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 9, 2021
Crimes against women spur more surveillance in South Asia
Use of these technologies with no evidence that they help reduce crime, and with no data protection laws, has raised alarm among privacy experts.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2021
China using surveillance firms to help write ethnicity-tracking specs
Concern over racial detection in facial recognition systems is growing globally.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Mar 26, 2021
Despite push, integration of My Number and health cards off to slow start
The rate of uptake for the cards is low at around 25% and, due to the pandemic, many health care providers are not in a rush to install the required systems.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 28, 2021
China's growing use of emotion recognition tech raises rights concerns
Technology that measures emotions based on biometric indicators such as facial movements, tone of voice or body movements is increasingly being marketed in China, researchers say, despite concerns about its accuracy and wider human rights implications.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 7, 2021
Masks no obstacle for new facial recognition system from Japan's NEC
The firm had been working on a system to meet the needs of allergy sufferers who wear masks when the COVID-19 pandemic prompted it to accelerate development.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 24, 2020
Which of these faces is real?
Computers are getting ever better at generating realistic, entirely imaginary people. But the flaws are all ours.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 17, 2020
India's use of facial recognition tech during protests stirs criticism
When artist Rachita Taneja heads out to protest in New Delhi, she covers her face with a pollution mask, a hoodie or a scarf to reduce the risk of being identified by police facial recognition software.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 15, 2020
App successfully reunites thousands of missing kids with families in India
Indian police have reunited thousands of missing and trafficked children with their families using a new facial recognition app that campaigners said is a "game changer" in tackling the problem.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 31, 2020
Zuckerberg pledges Facebook users privacy upgrades after $550 million facial recognition settlement
Facebook Inc. has reached a $550 million settlement of claims it collected and stored millions of users' biometric data without their consent, as Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg pledged better protections for users to address privacy concerns that have dogged the social media company.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
Air India crash report to offer peek into last seconds
Members of the Indian Army's engineering arm prepare to remove the wreckage of an Air India aircraft in Ahmedabad on June 14.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.

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