Submission + - Streetview seen as culturally insensitive in Japan (globalvoicesonline.org) 1
Jim O'Connell writes: "Global Voices has a translation of an excellent open letter to Google by Osamu Higuchi, explaining that Street view is too invasive for Japanese traditional values when used in residential areas.
Having lived here for ten years, most recently in an older residential area, I can attest to its accuracy — Living in such close proximity to your neighbors, it becomes necessary to "not look" at everything that you might be able see from a place such as the street, where you may have a legal right to be.
The cultural boundaries are simply different than those of the US."
