2013 Volume 55 Issue 11 Pages 826-832
The character code on Basic Resident Registration Network in Japan was designed as an extension of UCS (Universal Coded Character Set). And it was planned to be used as an “open” character code. But it now becomes a “Galapagos” code because of its misunderstanding of UCS. In this paper the author warns that the character code on Basic Resident Registration Network is already unconformable to UCS and he shows the way to break away from it.