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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 10, 2019
Osaka Metro unveils ticket gate with facial recognition tech
Osaka Metro Co. on Tuesday started testing a next-generation automated ticket gate featuring a facial recognition system.
WORLD
Nov 8, 2019
Mass surveillance fears as India readies facial recognition system
As India prepares to install a nationwide facial recognition system in an effort to catch criminals and find missing children, human rights and technology experts warn of the risks to privacy from increased surveillance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 23, 2019
Hong Kong police have AI facial recognition tech — are they using it against protesters?
Hong Kong law enforcement authorities have access to artificial intelligence software that can match faces from video footage to police databases, but people familiar with the matter say it is unclear if the technology is being used to quell the pro-democracy protests.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2019
The Jack Bauers of Europe love facial recognition
As regulators wake up to the threat of this technology, governments are pushing back with an unconvincing public-safety defense
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 17, 2019
British mall tested facial recognition of shoppers
A British mall that scanned shoppers using facial-recognition cameras said on Friday it is no longer using technology that advocacy groups called a threat to privacy.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2019
Facebook loses facial recognition appeal and must face privacy class action
A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Facebook Inc.'s effort to undo a class action lawsuit claiming that it illegally collected and stored biometric data on millions of users without their consent.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 29, 2019
Facial recognition push at India airports raises privacy concerns
The launch of facial recognition technology at two Indian airports and plans to place it in police stations have stoked fears over privacy and increased surveillance among human rights groups in the country.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2019
Japan to begin screening departing foreign travelers with facial recognition technology
Short-term travelers will be able to skip long lines when they are leaving the country by using facial recognition technology that will be deployed at major airports.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 31, 2019
NEC shows how facial recognition could speed up boarding at Japan's Narita airport hub
NEC Corp. demonstrates its facial recognition system that it says will help passengers board planes faster without having to present passports or boarding passes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2019
Japanese medical school adopts facial recognition-based attendance system
The Hyogo College of Medicine has introduced a facial recognition technology-based system to check student attendance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 2, 2019
FamilyMart launches facial recognition checkouts at Yokohama outlet amid Japan's labor crunch
Major convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. on Tuesday introduced checkouts that use facial recognition technology as the company looks to make adjustments amid a nationwide labor shortage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 27, 2019
Google launches global council to advise on AI and tech ethics
Alphabet Inc.'s Google said on Tuesday it was launching a global advisory council to consider ethical issues around artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2019
Facial recognition to be used for officials and journalists at Emperor's anniversary ceremony, but not for politicians
The government plans to use a facial recognition system at a ceremony later this month to mark the 30th anniversary of Emperor Akihito's accession to the throne, officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 2, 2019
Facial recognition technology: What would George Orwell say?
This coming June, British author George Orwell's dystopian novel, "Nineteen Eighty-Four," marks the 70th anniversary of its publication. In the United States, Penguin has announced plans for a special 75,000-copy reprint. According to The New York Times, the publisher noted that, sales of the novel have increased by 9,500 percent since the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 17, 2018
Seven-Eleven tries out a store in Tokyo with unmanned payment system
Major convenience store operator Seven-Eleven Japan Co. has launched an experimental outlet in Tokyo with an unmanned payment system and facial recognition technology.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 17, 2018
Honed over four decades, Osaka police use facial recognition skills to arrest dozens of wanted criminals every year
Despite advances in facial recognition technology, the police in Osaka still rely on pure skill to find fugitives, with investigators using only their memory to arrest dozens of wanted criminals every year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 24, 2018
Amazon pitched facial recognition to ICE to monitor immigrants amid misgivings of workers, rights groups
Amazon.com Inc. in June pitched its facial recognition technology — which can identify people from surveillance footage using image databases — as a tool for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, showing that Amazon continued to push the software to law enforcement agencies as criticism swirled from the company's workforce and civil liberties groups.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2018
2020 Tokyo Olympics chiefs unveil pioneering face-recognition security system
Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic organizers are confident that security for the games will run smoothly and effectively after unveiling a pioneering face-recognition ID system Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 14, 2018
Microsoft urges government to take lead in managing facial recognition technology
Microsoft, which has come under fire for a U.S. government contract that was said to involve facial recognition software, said it will more carefully consider contracts in this area and urged lawmakers to regulate the use of such artificial intelligence to prevent abuse.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
May 20, 2018
The new faces of today's technology
Drastic and subtle ways to give your face a virtual makeover, and a life-size anime service robot — what more could you need?
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
A peek inside the brains of ‘super-agers’
For a little more than a decade, scientists have been studying a subset of people they call "super-agers.” These individuals are age 80 and older, but they have the memory ability of a person 20 to 30 years younger.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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