Japan launches national IDs

By Reuters
Staff Writer, CNET News

Related Stories: Do we need a national ID plan?
July 22, 2002; U.S. government plans online ID gateway
July 15, 2002; Panel wrestles with privacy issues
June 26, 2002; Giuliani: ID cards won't curb freedoms
June 26, 2002; Privacy fears move closer to reality
April 18, 2002

The country launches a compulsory identification system in the face of stiff protests calling it a violation of privacy and a temptation to hackers.

The story "Japan launches national IDs" published August 5, 2002 at 6:11 AM is no longer available on CNET News.

Latest tech news headlines

Shapeways gives 3D designers a place to sell
Posted in Webware by Josh Lowensohn

January 8, 2009 10:50 AM PST
Skype Lite landing on Android phone, others too
Posted in CES 2009 by Jessica Dolcourt

January 8, 2009 10:45 AM PST
CES 2009: The year of the gimmick?
Posted in Larry Magid at Large by Larry Magid

January 8, 2009 10:43 AM PST
See all headlines

RSS Feeds

Add headlines from CNET News to your homepage or feedreader.

More feeds available in our RSS feed index.

Markets: Market news, charts, SEC filings, and more; Related quotes; Dow Jones Industrials (-1.14%) -100.35 8,669.35; S&P 500 (-0.80%) -7.25 899.40; NASDAQ (-0.45%) -7.20 1,591.86; CNET TECH (-0.73%) -8.23 1,125.12

Inside CNET News

Scroll Left Scroll Right

Business Tech
Salesforce.com outage hits thousands of businesses
Disruption affected all data being processed in Japan, Europe, and North America for at least 40 minutes.
Gallery
Photos: Inside Macworld 2009
Larry Magid at Large
CES 2009: The year of the gimmick?
Walking the floor at this gadget fest, there's a lot of cool stuff on display that qualifies for the title of "in search of a practical purpose."
CES 2009
Live blog: Ballmer at CES
Windows 7 will be front and center when Microsoft's CEO takes the Sin City stage at 6:30 p.m. PST. CNET News will be blogging it live here.
Video
Ballmer still trying to have fun
CES 2009
Skype Lite landing on Android phone, others too
Skype's first release for Java-enabled phones will come to Google Android and five other mobile brands.
Video
CES Press Conference Day 1
The Social
JibJab jacks up $7.5 million
Company responsible for those "Elf Yourself" dance videos has raised funding from Sony Pictures Entertainment, Overbrook Entertainment, and Polaris Venture Partners.
Cutting Edge
'60 Minutes' video: Tech that reads your mind
This segment investigates breakthroughs researchers have made in identifying what people are thinking by conducting brain scans, and why the Supreme Court might one day get involved.
Gallery
Photos: Jobs fill-in touts media, MacBook updates
The Car Tech blog
2008 Car Tech Awards: And the winner is...
CNET Car Tech announces the winners of its Car Tech Awards.
Green Tech
Termite stomach bug to make ethanol
Start-up ZeaChem raises $34 million to build a cellulosic ethanol plant that uses the microbes in termites' guts, rather than genetically designed specialty bugs.