Justin, I've seen a lot of "inner questioning" on behalf of government officials here, but unless I've missed something, the enforcement of rules/regulations regarding camera-phone usage is left in the hands of individual businesses/institutions. However, as I haven't been following this too closely, I may have missed something that someone else on the list may be able to help with. Here are some links to some stories from the local papers here. All hand-wringing and no "official" or technological steps taken.... http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20030325b3.htm http://www12.mainichi.co.jp/news/mdn/search-news/881572/camera20phone-0-3.html http://www12.mainichi.co.jp/news/mdn/search-news/881572/camera20phone-0-9.html http://www12.mainichi.co.jp/news/mdn/search-news/881572/camera20phone-0-16.html I look forward to reading your article on this. --Philip At 11:27 AM 7/10/2003 -0700, you wrote: >justin@bud.com Philip Sidel Assistant Professor of Marketing The International University of Japan Graduate School of International Management Phone: 81-(0)25-779-1400 Fax: 81-(0)25-779-4443 Email: psidel@iuj.ac.jpReceived on Fri Jul 11 04:51:11 2003