Internet
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Japan Gov. Requests The Internet To Delete False Disaster Rumors
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(MIC) announced [J] that they had requested four Internet related organizations to delete “false rumors” on online bulletin boards “to …
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Kanazawa Mayor Candidate Challenges Twitter-Banning Japan's Election System
On November 28th at Kanazawa city, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan there was a mayor election. The two leading candidates, incumbent Tamotsu Yamade [J], 79, and Yukiyoshi Yamano [J], 48, competed closely, …
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Internet Ads Overtakes Newspaper To Become No.2 After Television In Japan
Dentsu Inc., Japan’s largest advertisement agency, published its annual Japan’s advertising expenditures report. [J, pdf] According to the report, Dentsu estimates that advertisers spend …
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Blame Internet Over The Fewest Homicides. What!?
Two of Japan’s most authoritative newspapers, Asahi Shimbun and Nikkei Shimbun both put a very similar notes on their front editorial on January 29th, which made net users upset. Both referred …