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Japan's publishing industry to use IC tag by 2005
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Xinhua News Agency
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November 28, 2002
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Japan's publishing industry to use IC tag by 2005
TOKYO, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Japan's publishing industry will start
by the end of the year a project aimed to use integrated circuit
(IC) tags into all books sold in Japan by 2005, Kyodo News reported
Thursday.
The use of the IC tags is said to boost industry earnings by
annual 50 billion yen (417 million US dollars) or more in the sector
because it will improve inventory control and prevent shoplifting.
According to Kyodo, the tags can be implanted in book covers.
They emit electronic waves encoded with data that receivers can pick
up within a radius of one or two meters.
Publishers will be able ...