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Wire-tapping in Japan

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JAPAN / 1999 / Japanese / Color / Video / 9 min

Director: Kobayashi Atsushi (Dengeki Eionsha)

In order to investigate organized crime in Japan, the National Diet has recently passed a law to legalize police wire-taps on phone conversations. Public opinion has been shaken by this bad law which along with progress on the even more insidious national numerical registration system allows the government great powers to watch the people.

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