Collaboration with Kyoto Prefectural Police for Advanced Information Ethics Class

On Thursday, January 15, 2015, Mr. Yuji Kondo of the Kyoto Prefectural Police Cybercrime Division gave a lecture in the "Advanced Information Ethics" class.Advanced Information Ethics" is an omnibus course in which several faculty members discuss ethical issues peculiar to the advanced information society, and Mr. Kondo spoke about the current state of cyber crimes from the perspective of an actual enforcement officer.In Kyoto, where many universities are located, there have been many cases of foreign students who are not familiar with Japanese laws and regulations being involved in fraudulent online bank transfers.The Kyoto Prefectural Police have created crime prevention pamphlets and electronic picture-story shows to educate international students about cyber crimes and to protect them from being involved in such crimes.This lecture was realized based on such a cooperative relationship.