Responding to msg by johnsonr@hoshi.colorado.edu (Richard Johnson) on Tue, 13 Feb 6:17 AM

EMERGING JAPANESE ENCRYPTION POLICY by Stewart A. Baker

For a less NSA-taxidermic and a more cypherpunkish take on Japanese crypto try the effervescent work of B.U.G. -- Bright Uncanny Guys -- at: http://www.fix.co.jp/BUG/news.html BUG has also just announced a new RSA-bred authentication service, sez a cypherpunk ninja. Who also reports a Japanese smiley as: (^^) And a thank you as: o o (^^)