Giant hedge frames modern house in Nakano
I love this giant hedge framing a modern house in Nakano. It’s even more beautiful at night, which is when we discovered it on a walk thr....
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“German angst alone cannot stop Google “(Street View)”
More about the controversies of Street View in Germany from today's The Local:Google Street View is still harmless, says German consumer pro....
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German Cabinet to consider tougher Street View rules
Image borrowed from The Local.Another VAOJ update, this one about Google Street View in Germany from The Local:Coalition politicians are dem....
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Birds perch on row boats on Soto-bori moat
On a drizzly day last week, I met an English landscape architect and her architect husband at Canal Cafe on the Soto-bori moat (外濠) at ....
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Privacy Rights for Soldiers in Germany
Photo and text below borrowed from The Local.Bundeswehr protects soldiers from harassment with anonymityBundeswehr soldiers who serve on for....
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“Body scanner security checks to be tested at Narita July 5-Sept 10″
From today's Japan Today:The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism says that a body scanner security system using electrom....
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Google Street View Problems in Germany
VAOJ has reported on the problems with Google Street View and privacy issues in Japan. There are also problems in Germany as well as other E....
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Japanese Government Allows ISPs to Target Ads by Browsing History
A Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (総務省) working group recently published an opinion sta....
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Won’t Miss #155 – Invasive Paternalism
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“Monitoring cameras to be removed from post offices at Y3.2 bil cost”
From today's Japan Today:Japan Post Holdings Co plans to remove monitoring cameras from about 18,000 post offices nationwide at the cost of ....
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More Security Cameras
From today's Japan Today:16 security cameras installed on Akihabara streetsIn a reaction to the 2008 stabbing rampage in Akihabara, the Kand....
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“JR East to install surveillance cameras on trains from Dec 28″
Again, from Japan Today, 12/22/09...I know some of these articles seem redundant, but I post them here with the whole text as a sort of repo....
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“Security cameras to be installed in commuter trains to prevent groping”
From today's Japan Today:East Japan Railway Co plans to install security cameras in trains on the Saikyo Line linking Tokyo and Saitama Pref....
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Agris Seijo rental farm in Seijogakuenmae
I visited Odakyu’s Agris Seijo rental farm in Seijogakuenmae in Setagaya and was prepared to be charmed by a community vegetable farm bui....
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Govt. White Paper: ‘Law Abiding Spirit’ in Decline
According to figures released in a recent government white paper, Mainichi reports, the law abiding spirit of the Japanese people appears to....
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“Personal information law hindering right to know”
A recent article from the Yomiuri On-Line discusses the so-called personal information law and several of its problems. As I discussed in ea....
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