Kiyoshi Murata
   Department   Undergraduate School  , School of Commerce
   Position   Professor
Language English
Publication Date 2013/06
Type International Conference
Peer Review Peer reviewed
Title e-Governance Risk in Japan: Exacerbation of Discriminative Structure Built in the Family Registration System
Contribution Type Co-authored (other than first author)
Journal Proceedings of ETHICOMP 2013
Journal TypeAnother Country
Volume, Issue, Page pp.362-370
Author and coauthor Yohko Orito, Kiyoshi Murata and Chung Ah Young
Details This study attempts to examine social risks caused by the introduction of a new e-governance system in Japan centred on a national code-number resident identification system called the My Number System, focusing on architectural characteristics and discriminatory structures embedded in it. The operation of the e-governance system could bring the unignorable social risks, even though the architecture of the My Number System is designed in consideration of personal data and privacy protection. In addition, this study analyses the social risks from the perspectives of non-Japanese residents in Japan as well.