Society
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Teachers' Concerns Vault Website Watchdogs To Thriving Business
We’ve got a social issue of clandestine school weblog sites on which children slander their classmates by posting anonymous messages. For school teachers are too busy to resolve these issues, …
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Seasonal Celebration At Shrine For Akihabaran Soil And Soul
A shrine located in the Akihabara electric district and was built more than a millennium ago, Kanda-Myojin celebrates its annual biyearly festival in the town, and live streamers are shooting the …
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Ex-school Sites Are On Sale For The First Time In Japan's Internet Auction History
A rural town located on the south coast of Hokkaido Island, Niikappu, put four of the town’s unused municipal elementary school sites on sale on Yahoo Auction[J]. The sites consist of school …
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Mixi Bans Their Users From Dating
Social network service Mixi banned users from dating. Mixi changed their terms of policy on December 1st, in accordance with the “Dating site regulation act”. They are now prohibiting …
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Laptop users plugging in at stations risk police visit
In US airports, many people can be seen using their laptops plugged in to nearby outlets. If you do that in Japan, you could be arrested by the police. In February 2004, a man using a power outlet in …
