“…MoriX will work with Fingerprint Cards to develop biometric payment cards that will feature FPC’s T-Shape sensor module.” Fingerprint Cards has found another partner to help fuel its growth in […]

Kyodo News is reporting that Japanese officials are indeed planning to use facial recognition to monitor the spread of COVID-19 during next year’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The details of […]

The NEC Corporation has teamed up with Vista Equity Partners to promote digital transformation in Japan. To that end, the two companies have launched a new joint venture that began […]

The Japanese government is planning to use facial recognition to support contact tracing initiatives and slow the spread of COVID-19 at large events. That includes next year’s Tokyo Olympics and […]

IDEMIA is raising its Japanese profile with the opening of a new local head office in Tokyo. The office is located in the Ebisu district in south Shibuya, and will […]

Payment service provider Veritrans Inc. and multinational information technology and electronics company NEC Corporation have announced a partnership to provide the latter’s facial recognition technology for a cashless payment trial […]

Japan Display Inc. (JDI) and the Univeristy of Tokyo’s School of Engineering have partnered to produce what is being called the world’s first ultra-thin biometric sensor. Able to measure fingerprints, […]

“Osaka Metro officials’ goal is to bring these biometric eGates to all train stations by 2024, in time for the 2025 World Expo, which is slated to take place in […]

“… Seven Bank has revealed that it has been working with facial recognition specialist NEC to develop these new ATMs, and that it will begin to replace current ATMs with […]

“While the initial trials of Panasonic’s biometric eGates were aimed at Japanese citizens, the company says that 123 of the 203 units that will be in operation thanks to this […]