The White House appears to have barred the NY Times and other media outlets from its regular press conference. This is highly unusual and is seen as a challenge to freedom of speech. The outlets barred are CNN, BBC, New York Times, LA Times, BuzzFeed News, Pol…
Further display White House bans BBC, NY Times and other media from regular press conference
According to reports from Rawstory and CNBC, many attendees at President Trump's speech at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) on Friday waved Russian flags with TRUMP written on them. CPAC is a large conference hosted by the American Conservative Union (ACU) with over 10000 participants, including many politicians.
Further display Trump supporters waving Russian flags with TRUMP written on them
A movement to stipulate in the constitution the right of individuals to decide whether or not they have a virtual personality (or digital identity, in English), which was attempted for a time in 2004, appears to have been restarted in the Costa Rican parliament on June 6rd. Regarding the identity rights issue at the Osaka District Court...
Further display Costa Rica relaunches movement to write identity rights into constitution
Well, the climax of the presidential primary election, Super Tuesday (March 3st), has ended. Hillary Clinton won the Democratic Party as expected, and Donald Trump won the Republican Party by a landslide. Well, it was as expected, but it seems that there were many people who had naive hopes that Trump would collapse at this point, and...
Further display With Trump's victory, the number of people considering moving to Canada has increased 100-fold? ~ The number of patients claiming to be assassins from the future has also increased sharply?!
Something very sad has happened again. More than 150 people died in the Paris terrorist attacks. I pray for the repose of their souls. US President Obama issued a statement saying, "This is not just an attack on the people of Paris and France, it is an attack on all of humanity and the values we share: liberty, equality, fraternity."[2] Others...
Further display Pray for France ~ Paris terrorist attacks ~ Tips for dealing with terrorist attacks
I read Nagae's article "Why do those who support the Security Bill feel uncomfortable with demonstrations, and about alternatives to the Security Bill" [1]. Nagae's analysis of why those who support the Security Bill, such as Hori and Horie, feel such strong aversion to demonstrations seems to be spot on. It's worth a read. On the other hand, Nagae is against the Security Bill...
Further display Since it's Obon, I thought about the security bill and constitutional reform
In the pension number leak incident, it seems that "all leaked numbers will be changed." Personally, I feel like "Oh no." As I wrote in yesterday's article, if it is operated properly, the leak of the number itself is not a big risk, and since the address, name, and other information that was leaked along with it cannot be changed, there is little point in changing only the pension number...
Further display What "number" design should be - In response to the pension number leak incident
According to the NHK news on June 6th, although it is called the My Number Bill here, the official name is "A bill to amend the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify Specific Individuals in Administrative Procedures" [1], and it is a set with the amendment of the Personal Information Protection Act. Therefore, the adoption of the Personal Information Protection Act...
Further display Personal Information Protection Bill (including My Number Bill) postponed for the time being
Regarding the obligation to provide records to third parties [3] that I pointed out on March 12, I learned a lot from the IT Office of the Cabinet Secretariat, which was introduced to me by Attorney Itakura on April 1, so I would like to share it with you. By the way, this was only something I learned personally, and it is not the official opinion of the IT Office, so I will look into it later...
Further display [Amendment to the Personal Information Protection Act] Obligation to record provision to third parties [Part 2]
This is a bit old news. On Friday morning in Japan time, my friends and I had a lot of fun, but unfortunately I didn't have time on Friday, and I got sick after that and slept until just now... Yahoo! Tech reported that David was the White House's "director of information techn..."
Further display President Obama appoints David Ricordon as White House "Secretary of Information Technology"
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