The internet and Japanese conception of privacy

Authors:
Masahiko Mizutani;James Dorsey;James H. Moor
Affiliations:
Department of Ethics, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan E-mail: mizutani@socio.kyoto-u.ac.jp;Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literature, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA E-mail: James.Dorsey@Dartmouth.edu;Department of Philosophy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA E-mail: James.Moor@Dartmouth.edu
Venue:
Ethics and Information Technology
Year:
2004

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Abstract

It is sometimes suggested thatthere is no conception of privacy in Japan orthat, if there is, it is completely differentfrom Western conceptions of privacy. If thiswere so, finding common ground between Japanand the West on which to establish privacypolicies for the internet would be extremelydifficult if not impossible. In this paper wedelineate some of the distinctive differencesin privacy practices in Japan, but we maintainthat these differences do not prevent theestablishment of sound, shared, ethicalinformation privacy policies. We distinguishbetween a minimal conception of privacy that webelieve is shared by Japan and other societiesand richer conceptions of privacy that oftenreflect patterns of behavior distinctive ofparticular cultures. Although Japan and othersocieties share at least a minimal sense ofprivacy, a base on which to build, robustprivacy protection will not exist on theinternet until an internationally accepted richsense of privacy is developed.