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Asia-Pacific Dashboard Digest | Self-Defense Forces’ surveillance practices permitted to continue, High Court rules Related reading: UK DPDI Bill advances to House of Lords committee stage

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The Sendai High Court today echoed a lower court ruling that would have suspended Japan’s Self-Defense Forces’ surveillance activities, The Malaysian Insider reports. Plaintiffs argued that the agency had trounced “personal rights by collecting private information such as names, job details, political persuasions and connections, and other information, during the intelligence unit's monitoring activities between 2002 and 2004,” the report states. Out of the 94 plaintiffs in this particular case, the judge only awarded one any damages. “I hope to review the content of the verdict thoroughly and respond accordingly," said Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, whose agency is tasked with reviewing the ruling.
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