Society
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"Worst Busters" Project To Reform The Worst Of Japan With Smartphone Apps
Omoshiro Houjin Kayac Inc. [J] has announced that they will begin Worst Busters, [J] a project that will, using an application, reform the worst areas in the 47 prefectures of Japan, by their …
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As The First In Its Kind, Digital-Focused Event To Be Held This Weekend In Fukuoka
As the first in its kind (for me at least), there will be a big three-day event in Fukuoka this weekend, which is called Myojo Waraku or just “MJ” in short, where a bunch of celebrities, …
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Wiki Covering 11 Countries: Digital Media Across Asia
Here is some recommended reading, probably of value for just about everybody reading Asiajin: in 2007, Students at Singapore Management University have created a wiki called “Digital Media …
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Think You've Got What It Takes? iPhone App For Japanese Thugs' Rite of Passage
photo by Macotakara [J] Studio MorikenStudio Moriken [J] has released a free iPhone application called Konjoyaki that lets users experience a piece of Japanese Yankee culture. “Yankee” in Japan does …
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Japanese Government Allows ISPs to Target Ads by Browsing History
A Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (総務省) working group recently published an opinion stating that certain network monitoring technologies (Deep Packet Inspection) can be used …
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Japan e-Business Assc. Blames Court For Rejecting Online Drag Sales
Online drag retailers Kenko.com in Tokyo and Wellnet[J] in Yokohama have sued Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for seeking to lift the ban on online drag sales, and Tokyo District …
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News: Winny developer found not guilty
Judge Ogura at Osaka High Court found Isamu Kaneko, a developer of Winny, not guilty today, reversing the guilty ruling of 1.5 million yen fine made by the lower court. Winny is a popular P2P file …
