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http://www.apc.org/english/rights/fulltext.shtml?sh_itm=926cc8dad60b2230dece0fcf2585bb89

Japanese Civil Society resists Challenges to Communications Privacy 

TOKYO, Japan -- Over 100,000 people signed the latest petition for the repeal
of the Japanese Wiretapping Law passed in 1999. The petition was submitted to
the Diet on May 24. 

The petition committee, which includes JCA-NET, the NaST, and various human
rights groups in Japan, has been campaigning to repeal the Wiretapping Law
since the beginning of 2000 and has already submitted three other petitions.


All opposition parties except the Jiyu-tou (the Liberty Party) proposed a
bill to repeal the Law in March, but the ruling parties rejected any
discussion of the bill which has been in effect shelved. The petition
movement should have some influence on the general election in June,?though
JCA-NET tells us they feel it will be difficult to break the deadlock.

Police threat to communications privacy 

The Wiretapping Law has several features that seriously violate human rights
and civil liberties; as do equivalent regulations currently under
consideration in other countries. The National Police Department plans to
obtain remote access to the Japanese phone circuit and digital recording
system to intercept not only voice but all other manner of communications,
including e-mail and fax. 

The Japanese digital recording system is computer-based and runs on Windows
NT. The Japanese phone system (NTT) has a specific break line system to allow
routine technical checks on the telephone lines. Any NTT employee can connect
to the system via modem. Simply by entering a password the employee then has
the ability to listen in on the conversations of customers on individual
phone lines, as well as any phone line that they want, anywhere in the
country. The wiretapping device planned by the Japanese police force works on
the same principles.

Email the Committee for the Repeal of the Wiretapping Law: office@jca.apc.org
or priv-ec@jca.apc.org

ECHELON in Japan? 

Recently the Japanese mass media have been paying more and more attention to
ECHELON, the secret surveillance operation of the Internet which is carried
out by the US National Security Agency. JCA-NET,?NaST and several civil
society groups are holding an Internet Rights meeting for the general public
at the Senior Work Hall, Tokyo, on July 18.?Speakers include Duncan Campbell,
expert on ECHELON; Chris Bailey, APC Internet Rights, moving against the
British Home Office's Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill; and Oh
Byoung-Il, Internet Services director at JinboNet (APC partner in South
Korea), criticizing the adoption of identification cards and other violations
of privacy by the South Korean government.

 

For More Information

Email the Committee for the Repeal of the Wiretapping Law: office@jca.apc.org
or priv-ec@jca.apc.org


Originator: --- (JCA-NET)
Date: 07/01/2000
Location: TOKYO, Japan
Contact: 
Category: Internet Rights
Source: JCA-NET