Japan takes a good, very long look at its options in China biometrics puzzle
Japan could join the United States and the European Union in restricting biometric surveillance technology to some autocratic governments, not…
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Idemia partners to bring 3D face biometrics to Japanese physical access control market
Idemia has partnered with Shoden, a provider of equipment and professional services, and Genetec, a provider of security solutions to provide…
Face biometrics for payments advancing in Japan
A facial recognition payment project in Japan that began in a regulatory sandbox at least three years ago has blossomed…
SAFR face biometrics deployed for access control at Japanese construction sites
SAFR from RealNetworks has recently deployed its facial recognition platform for live video as part of a new biometric access…
New partnerships, face and iris biometric payment systems for PopID and PayEye
PopID has entered a new partnership with SoftBank’s subsidiary Japan Computer Vision (JCV) and Wendy’s First Kitchen (WFK) in Japan,…
Tourism industry deploys computer vision in Kazakhstan and Japan
Smart Engines is supplying its optical character recognition (OCR) technology to HT.KZ, a leading travel agency in Kazakhstan, to facilitate border…
Japanese government selects SAFR face biometrics for in-person service access
SAFR from RealNetworks has recently been selected by the Japanese government to provide its face biometrics technology to support the…
Face biometrics tested for payments in Moscow Metro, banking in Japan
The Moscow Metro transport system has begun testing its Face Pay biometric fare payment service with 1,000 users to provide…
Japanese University partners with Glory on facial recognition payment trial with mask detection
Kindai University in Osaka, Japan, has partnered with artificial intelligence (AI) firm Glory to test a new facial recognition-powered payment…
FacePhi, SITA and Collins each roll out facial recognition to airports on different continents
FacePhi, SITA and Collins Aerospace are all supplying face biometrics to aviation sector customers in new deployments. Meanwhile in Canada,…
