Symposium – Privacy, Personality and Flows of Information in Japan, Present and Future
Date: Monday, 2 October 2017, 13:00 to 16:00
Hosted by: Waseda University Institute of Comparative Law
Supported by: Japan Civil Liberties Union
Venue: Conference Room (3F), Bldg.8, Waseda Campus, Waseda University
Language: English
The symposium will examine Japanese approaches to privacy including perspectives on Japanese notions of autonomy and personality development. This session will be consisted of two parts: present and future.
1.”Present” would deal with how post-war economic, legal and constitutional development in Japan may have produced a society which has also since been seriously impacted by technologies such as the Internet and smart phones.
2.”Future” would deal with the kind of privacy one would like to have in Japan during the next century: this would cover reinforcement of Japan’s constitution, new privacy safeguards in a comprehensive surveillance law as well as a beefing up of data protection laws in Japan.
Speakers
Professor Joseph Cannataci (University of Malta, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy)
Professor Hiroshi Miyashita (Chuo University)
Professor Masako Kamiya (Gakushuin University)
Discussants/Commentators
Professor Omer Tene (International Association of Privacy Professional, Vice President of Research and Education）
Professor Yasuo Hasebe (Waseda Law School)
Moderator
Professor Tamio Nakamura (Waseda University Faculty of Law)
