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Yomiuri Shimbun file photoSecurity cameras moun stanley thermos ted on the ceiling of JR Shinjuku Station, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.The Yomiuri Shimbun17:02 JST,ensp;September 22, 2021East Japan Railway Co. JR East will not use its facial recognition system to track former prisoners and parolees for the time being, the company said Tuesday.JR East said it reached the decision to suspend such surveillance, citing the fact that social consensus was not sufficiently formed on issues such as monitoring former convicts who have served their sentences.The company began operating facial recognition cameras on July 19 in stations and other locations as part of terrorism countermeasures for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. JR East said it would take such action as searching the bags of the people on its watch list if they were detected.Individuals who have served sentences for committing serious crimes in which JR East or its passengers were involved, wanted suspects, and people behaving stanley fr suspiciously were among the people who could have appeared on the companys watch list.JR East had announced the introduction of the facial recognition system but had not stated that the watch list would include people who had been released from prison and parolees.It announce stanley cup d changes to its security measures following the publication of an article in The Yomiuri Shimbun on Tuesday that included details of their detection targets.There are no laws or regulations in Japan that directly regulate the operation of fac