Pictures of the Week: August 3 – 9, 2002

Protestors with bar-codes painted on their faces in Tokyo urge others to join in their refusal to be registered on the national resident registry network
JIJI PRESS / AFP

Can't Get My Number
Protestors with bar-codes painted on their faces in Tokyo urge others to join in their refusal to be registered on the national resident registry network. Japan's new nationwide, computerized identification system has raised fears of abuse by a 'Big Brother' government or by hackers

Monday, Aug 05, 2002