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MEDIA

Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2023
Police secure arrest warrant for expelled lawmaker GaaSyy
The former lawmaker is being sought for allegedly intimidating and defaming celebrities in videos he posted on social media.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2023
Splitting up social media may be its only hope
Keeping different groups away from each other could be the best way to prevent a total meltdown of digital society.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2023
TikTok considers splitting from ByteDance if deal with U.S. fails
The hugely popular app and its Chinese parent company are facing a barrage of potential legislation in Congress amid concerns it could be used as an influence tool by Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2023
Meta to cut 10,000 jobs and 5,000 open roles in efficiency push
The world’s largest social-networking company in November already laid off 11,000 people, or 13% of its staff, in wide reaching cuts designed to improve its financial performance.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 14, 2023
BBC reaches deal with Gary Lineker after Twitter row
The former England star was suspended on Friday after using Twitter last week to compare the language used to launch the new policy to the rhetoric of Nazi-era Germany.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 13, 2023
Japan's sushi chains roll out defenses against 'sushi terrorism'
The new measures include cameras using artificial intelligence and changes to how food items are delivered to customers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 9, 2023
TikTok makes fresh push to convince regulators that it protects data
The company outlined plans on Wednesday to build three European data centers to store information on TikTok’s 150 million users in the region locally.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 8, 2023
Documents scandal involving Cabinet minister an untimely political headache for Kishida
The economic security minister has come under fire for files an opposition lawmaker says is proof she was involved in pushing for a legal reinterpretation of the broadcasting law.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2023
Nine social media influencers in Japan slapped with fines for back taxes
The nine influencers, all of them women and most of whom are in their 30s, failed to declare about ¥300 million in total in taxable income in the six years through 2021, sources said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 8, 2023
Biden administration backs new TikTok bill, aiming for swift passage
The bill would give the president the ability to force the sale of foreign-owned technologies, apps, software or e-commerce platforms deemed a national security threat to U.S. users.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 8, 2023
Internal affairs ministry releases files Takaichi called 'fabricated'
The papers show how the ministry under the Abe government adopted a new legal interpretation holding that a single program could be enough to judge a broadcaster's political impartiality.
Japan Times
LIFE
Mar 7, 2023
Living doll: Licca-chan casts a spell on Japan's adults
Some adult fans of the toy have formed an online community where they can swap homemade garments and accessories.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 5, 2023
A couple in Singapore shared erotic images in a group chat. The fine: $17,000.
Singapore is not an outlier when it comes to obscenity laws, but it often takes a strict stance on violations, even when they occur in the confines of one’s home.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2023
Fox News is trapped by its own zealotry
Fear of losing viewers to more fervent purveyors of the Trump gospel ultimately ensnared the Fox news network in a $1.6 billion defamation suit.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 5, 2023
BBC raids show India's shrinking media freedom under Modi, some journalists say
The news network has said it is cooperating fully with authorities, adding that its journalists would continue to report 'without fear or favor.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2023
Former Abe aide admits pressuring ministry to review broadcast law
In a Twitter post Friday, the former aide said that it is 'true that I exchanged opinions with the ministry over the interpretation of political impartiality when I was an adviser' to Abe.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 28, 2023
Japan trying to root out shady job posts
Many perpetrators of recent robberies seem to have been recruited through social media posts offering high rewards for shady jobs.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 23, 2023
U.S. spy plane pilot snaps high-altitude selfie with China balloon
The photo, taken Feb. 3 from the cockpit of a U-2 spy plane, quickly blazed across social media platforms.

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