Japan tests anti-terrorism surveillance cameras

The Japanese government began Tuesday a test run of surveillance cameras in the capital's subway stations as an anti-terrorism measure. Faces of commuters are to be compared with files of terrorists or wanted criminals. When the system detects a facial match, an alarm is to go off. The system is running at the Kasumigaseki subway station, where most of the government offices are located. The station and surrounding subway lines were targeted by the Aum Shinrikyo cult in its sarin gas attack 1995, which killed 12 people and injured more than 5,000."

(newKerala.com, 02May06)