Japan can still make its grand plans for 'My Number' work

David J. Farber is co-director of the Cyber Civilization Research Center at Keio University in Tokyo as well as guest professor (global) in the Graduate School of Media and Governance at the university. Dan Gillmor is a senior fellow at the Keio center and a professor of practice at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.