From what I heard, the original press conference was a doozy:
Reporter: Wasn't the password something insecure like a four-digit number?
Officer: No, it's a 13-letter alphanumeric password.
Reporter: But if it was totally random wasn't it hard to use?
Officer: It's a meaningful English word, followed by a meaningful four-digit number, so it's quite easy to memorize.
Reporter: By an English word, you mean something like _password_?
Officer: It's not a simple word. It's a word and a number that are related to the City of Amagasaki.
Reporter: Do you use a capital letter?
Officer: It's grammatically correct, as only the first letter is capital.
For god's sake, if you just lost a USB stick with the whole city's personal data, don't spell out how you chose your password!!!
Reporter: Wasn't the password something insecure like a four-digit number?
Officer: No, it's a 13-letter alphanumeric password.
Reporter: But if it was totally random wasn't it hard to use?
Officer: It's a meaningful English word, followed by a meaningful four-digit number, so it's quite easy to memorize.
Reporter: By an English word, you mean something like _password_?
Officer: It's not a simple word. It's a word and a number that are related to the City of Amagasaki.
Reporter: Do you use a capital letter?
Officer: It's grammatically correct, as only the first letter is capital.
For god's sake, if you just lost a USB stick with the whole city's personal data, don't spell out how you chose your password!!!