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3.5% Growth, Yet the Lost 20 Years?
The phrase “the lost 20 years” is often repeated in the media, but I wondered whether it was really true, so I looked at the data. People say various things, such as that countries…
Got an iPad
It happened that the day I arrived in the United States on a business trip was the iPad’s launch day, so I went to the Apple Store San Francisco. There was still a line outsi…
Challenges in Distributing a National ID
Some argue that, for government efficiency, Japan should simply use the Basic Resident Register Network to distribute national IDs without delay. Certainly, if they could be distri…
The Haraguchi 5 Principles and OpenID
The “Haraguchi 5 Principles on Identification Numbers” have been announced. Principle 1: The system must protect the rights of citizens The number is intended to protect citizens…
ITU-T’s Definition of Identity Management
I think this is a pretty good definition, so I am making a note of it here. For ITU-T purposes, the identity asserted by an entity represents the uniqueness of that entity in a spe…
OpenID vs. OAuth
It is often said that OpenID is for authentication and OAuth is for authorization. This was originally something that people involved with OAuth in the United States started saying…
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