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This submission aims to contribute to the Human Rights Committee's (“the Committee”) upcoming review of Japan's compliance with the International Covenant ...

[[4]](#_ftnref4) Human Rights Watch, “Privacy Snapshot: Global: Cisco Webex,” https://features.hrw.org/features/StudentsNotProducts/files/privacy_snapshots/Privacy%20Snapshot%20-%20Global%20Cisco%20WebEx.pdf; “Privacy Snapshot: Japan: schoolTakt,” https://features.hrw.org/features/StudentsNotProducts/files/privacy_snapshots/Privacy%20Snapshot%20-%20Japan%20schoolTakt.pdf; “Privacy Snapshot: Japan: Study Sapuri,” https://features.hrw.org/features/StudentsNotProducts/files/privacy_snapshots/Privacy%20Snapshot%20-%20Japan%20Study%20Sapuri.pdf. Human Rights Watch has documented the persistent and discriminatory barriers transgender people face to change their legally recognized gender under the Gender Identity Disorder (GID) Special Cases Act. [[27]](#_ftn27) “The suffering that [transgender people] face in terms of gender is also of concern to society that is supposed to embrace diversity in gender identity,” they wrote. [[13]](#_ftn13) In March 2021, the groups submitted a petition with 106,250 signatures from Japan and abroad to all Japanese political parties, including the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), [[14]](#_ftn14) calling for the introduction of the Equality Act in the Diet. - Adopt child-specific data protection laws that address the significant child rights impacts of the collection, processing, and use of children’s personal data. In most instances, it was impossible for children to opt out of such surveillance and data collection without opting out of compulsory education and giving up on formal learning during the pandemic. Neither the government, nor the nine EdTech companies, informed children and their parents of the data practices that risked or infringed on children’s rights. Human Rights Watch did not find evidence that MEXT took measures to prevent or mitigate children’s rights abuses by companies, or that MEXT checked whether the EdTech products they were rapidly endorsing were safe for children to use. This submission aims to contribute to the Human Rights Committee’s (“the Committee”) upcoming review of Japan’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR or “the Covenant”). Nine out of the ten government-authorized EdTech products reviewed by Human Rights Watch engaged in data practices that unreasonably infringed on children’s rights or risked doing so. It is submitted to the Human Rights Committee in advance of its review of Japan at the Committee’s 136th session. For contacts, the right to privacy is affected by the “mere collection of personal data” in which they lose control over information, in addition to the risk of experiencing potential misuse of their personal data.

While Japan still maintains technological competitiveness in some areas, among wealthy countries it is seriously lagging digitally.

The Japanese government launched the Digital Agency in 2021 in the hope of accelerating digitalisation. Conducting business as usual in Japan is inefficient and incurs significant transaction costs — it is dependent on the physical availability of people and the duplication, transportation and storage of records. Japan must understand that the opportunity costs of not going digital are already too expensive. Digital transformation in the workplace can be problematic because the prevailing norm is that formal transactions must take place in person, on paper and with a stamp of approval (hanko). [white paper](https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/whitepaper/eng/WP2021/2021-index.html) by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication (MIC) highlighted personnel shortages in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector as a key factor behind the lag in digital transformation advancement. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) estimates that the [shortage will worsen](https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/it_policy/jinzai/gaiyou.pdf) and increase to 450,000 workers by 2030. After the asset price bubble burst in the 1990s, businesses took a more cautious approach that Once known as a technological powerhouse, Japan has lagged in the global wave of digital transformation. In a high-context culture like Japan, where telework use remains low, online meetings cannot replace the authenticity of in-person meetings. The [delay in digital transformation](https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/09/25/covid-19-and-japans-long-awaited-digital-transformation/) has been felt acutely during COVID-19 because much of Japan’s public health administration still relies on outdated record keeping methods that could not keep up with cases. The companies that succeed in recruiting ICT professionals are foreign firms, such as Google Japan, which offer more competitive merit-based salaries. He has every intention of transferring payments to the residents.

TOKYO: A man was taken to hospital unconscious after apparently setting himself on fire near the office of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on ...

[controversial Unification Church](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/japan-liberal-democratic-party-members-unification-church-list-fumio-kishida-2950551). The [suspect in Abe's death](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/mother-shinzo-abe-killing-suspect-unification-church-member-2801516) said the church had [bankrupted his mother](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/shinzo-abe-assassination-suspect-tetsuya-yamagami-plan-attack-gun-2799131) and he felt the former prime minister supported it. [on Jul 8](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/japan-gun-free-former-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-shot-dead-nara-2796681) while campaigning. [assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/japan-former-pm-shinzo-abe-assassinated-shot-nara-campaign-speech-2796576). Kyodo news agency and other outlets said police were called to the scene after reports a man was "engulfed in flames". [Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/fumio-kishida-shinzo-abe-funeral-unification-church-ldp-2926876) in Tokyo on Wednesday (Sep 21), local media said.

Man sets himself alight in Tokyo after telling police he is opposed to plans for a state funeral for assassinated ex-PM Shinzo Abe, local media report.

TV Asahi said the man set himself alight after telling police he was opposed to plans for a state funeral for assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe. Kyodo news agency and other outlets said police were called to the scene after reports a man was "engulfed in flames". Man sets himself alight in Tokyo after telling police he is opposed to plans for a state funeral for assassinated ex-PM Shinzo Abe, local media report.

A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office on Wednesday in an apparent protest at the government's decision to hold a state funeral ...

Numerous polls show a majority of Japanese now oppose the ceremony, helping to send Kishida's support plummeting. Links to the Unification Church, founded in South Korea in the 1950s, have grown into a huge problem for current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the LDP since they emerged following Abe's killing. The suspect in Abe's death has said the church bankrupted his mother and he felt the former prime minister supported it. 27, with some 6,000 people from Japan and overseas set to take part. His state funeral is set for Sept. The man, in his 70s, was unconscious when first found but later told police that he had deliberately doused himself in oil, media said.

By Mariko Katsumura and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office on Wednesday in an apparent ...

Numerous polls show a majority of Japanese now oppose the ceremony, helping to send Kishida's support plummeting. Links to the Unification Church, founded in South Korea in the 1950s, have grown into a huge problem for current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the LDP since they emerged following Abe's killing. The man, in his 70s, was unconscious when first found but later told police that he had deliberately doused himself in oil, media said.

Shinzo Abe was Japan's longest-serving prime minister, but polls show more than half of the public opposes the ceremony.

The suspect in Abe’s death has said the organisation bankrupted his mother and he felt the former prime minister supported it. But state funerals are rare in Japan, and the decision has been controversial. A police officer who tried to extinguish the flames was also injured.

A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office on Wednesday after expressing opposition to a state funeral for assassinated ex-premier ...

But state funerals are rare in Japan, and the decision has been controversial. While Abe was not a member of the church, he addressed affiliated groups, and his death caused renewed scrutiny of the sect and its ties to politicians in Japan. He was campaigning for ruling-party candidates in upper-house elections in the Nara region, when he was shot by a man who allegedly believed the former leader had ties to the Unification Church. The agency said a note was found near the man, expressing his opposition to the funeral. The television station said a police officer who tried to extinguish the fire was injured in the process. Police, the prime minister's office and the cabinet office all declined to comment on the reports.

A man has set himself on fire near the Japanese PM's office in an apparent protest against plans to hold a state funeral for former premier Shinzo Abe.

One of the men died. Public sentiment was narrowly in favour of a state funeral at the time it was announced, shortly after Abe's death, but opinion has shifted sharply. A letter about Abe's state funeral with the words "I strongly oppose it" was found nearby.

A letter opposing Abe's state funeral was found nearby, media added. Abe, Japan's longest-serving premier, was gunned down at a campaign rally on July 8. His ...

Numerous polls show a majority of Japanese now oppose the ceremony, helping to send Kishida's support plummeting. Links to the Unification Church, founded in South Korea in the 1950s, have grown into a huge problem for current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the LDP since they emerged following Abe's killing. The man, in his 70s, was unconscious when first found but later told police that he had deliberately doused himself in oil, media said.