"Fumitaka Joe" <nihonjoe@gmail.com> wrote:
| 
| I've been told that it's against the law for people to take
| identifiable photos of people (especially celebrities and high-profile
| people) in Japan if they are to be used for non-private purposes. Is
| this true? If it is, do you have a link (English or Japanese) to or
| about it?

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%82%96%E5%83%8F%E6%A8%A9

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