How Twitter moderates content in Japan
How Twitter moderates content in Japan Japan’s top social media platform is drawing increased scrutiny about its operations, particularly in the wake of several high-profile cyberharassment incidents How Twitter goes about policing problematic content is an issue of growing interest in Japan, where the social media platform now wields considerable influence. | GETTY IMAGES
Japan urges urbanites to tour country, sparking fear of virus's spread in countryside
A central government campaign to spur domestic tourism has drawn both enthusiasm and ire, with some social media users telling urbanites to stay away from rural areas after COVID-19 cases hit a record high in Tokyo. The government aims to subsidize as much as half of eligible domestic travel costs through discounts and coupons during its Go To Travel campaign starting July 22 ahead of a four-day w
Motley crew of foreigners backing Japan's revisionists basks in media glare
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After rape allegation against TV journalist, Shiori hopes to shed light on victims' plight
Since she went public in late May with a rape accusation against a high-profile TV reporter, Shiori has been exposed to a storm of hurtful and derisive comments by anonymous internet users. "A prostitute," "A publicity stunt," "A honey trap," were some of the phrases hurled at the 28-year-old freelance journalist publicly and privately via social media and direct emails.
DeNA pulls eight online services amid reporting scandal
A company behind a health care information website under fire over inaccurate, plagiarized articles on Thursday said it had temporarily suspended operations of eight other niche online services. It emerged this week that articles on DeNA Co.'s website Welq were not properly fact-checked and that outside contributors were told to write stories by taking information from other medical websites and r
Abenomics failure explained
In recent Tokyo visits, two Nobel laureates pleaded with Shinzo Abe: Please don't be crazy enough to raise taxes on your deflation-plagued nation. What Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz really did was explain why the prime minister's economics program has flopped so spectacularly, and how Abe's team is doubling down on failure by clinging to dogma that has no place in Japan's present or future. It'
Spare a thought for the Western men trapped in Japan
In the dumps: Sebastian, a 32-year-old student with several part-time jobs and 12 years of service in the German armed forces, was dumped by the Japanese girlfriend he had been seeing for a year because he had 'no future' in Japan, she said. | OLGA GARNOVA In Japan, it's a familiar refrain: "Men have it easy — especially foreigners. They are males in a highly conservative patriarchal society, so t
Using imported mobile devices may be illegal
Residents of Japan may be shocked to learn they are technically violating the country's Radio Law by connecting computers, smartphones and tablets that have been purchased outside of Japan to domestic WiFi sites. Although legislation says such violations are punishable by up to a year in prison or a fine of up to ¥1 million, the regulation has never been strictly enforced. But the law is quite cle
Point systems stir privacy fears among Net users
Point of concern: Some 40 million people are members of Culture Convenience Club Co.'s T Card program. | BLOOMBERG The battle for point card supremacy in loyalty programs is hotting up across the country, causing consumers to express concern over privacy issues as a growing number of companies get in on the act. Franchises have been running loyalty programs for more than a decade now, with Culture
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