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BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2018
As regulators play catch-up, internet firms curbing crypto ads, fearing damage from scams
A growing number of internet companies are banning cryptocurrency advertising, fearing reputational damage if their users are duped or left penniless, even as regulators struggle to get to grips with the fast-emerging industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2018
False news 70% more likely to spread on Twitter, driven more by people than 'bots': study
False news stories spread much more quickly and widely on Twitter than truthful ones, an imbalance driven more by people than automated "bot" accounts, researchers said on Thursday.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 3, 2018
NHK puppet show offers a rare glimpse into unconventional lives
Arguably the best interview show on terrestrial TV at present stars a bunch of puppets exploring the often unexamined corners of Japanese society.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 1, 2018
Twitter rides video ads and local innovations to surge in Japan profit
Riding a wave of new users, improved advertising options and an embrace of video content by users and advertisers alike, Twitter Inc.'s revenue has leaped in Japan, helping lead the company to its first quarterly profit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 22, 2018
Twitter cracks down on tactics used by 'bots' to spread false stories
Twitter Inc. said on Wednesday it would no longer allow people to post identical messages from multiple accounts, cracking down on a tactic that Russian agents and others have allegedly used to make tweets or topics go viral.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Feb 5, 2018
Celeb Kylie Jenner steals Twitter spotlight from Super Bowl to announce birth of girl
U.S. reality TV star Kylie Jenner announced on Sunday the birth of her child with rapper Travis Scott, after months of rumors surrounding her pregnancy.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 30, 2018
Russian bots retweeted Trump's Twitter 470,000 times ahead of 2016 election
Russian-linked Twitter bots shared Donald Trump's tweets almost half a million times during the final months of the 2016 election, Twitter Inc. said in a submission to Congress.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2018
Trump says tweets, sometimes composed in bed, are his weapon against 'fake news'
U.S. President Donald Trump, who has garnered a large following on social media with rambunctious postings, said he sometimes tweets from bed, though he occasionally allows others to post his words.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2018
Russian-linked bots accounted for 4% of Trump retweets in final months before election
Russian-linked Twitter bots shared Donald Trump's tweets almost half a million times during the final months of the 2016 election campaign, the company said in a submission to Congress.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2018
Some policy dentistry could combat truth decay
The American public's mental bandwidth is being stressed by a torrent of information.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 18, 2018
Twitter may notify users exposed to Russian propaganda during 2016 election
Twitter may notify users whether they were exposed to content generated by a suspected Russian propaganda service, a company executive told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 15, 2018
Mystery Twitter user 'Okasanman' has vast, and growing, following of Japan traders
On a day when billions in profits and losses would be determined by split-second trades, the salaried professionals of Japan's financial markets were glued to their news terminals. Another group was staring at the feed of an anonymous Twitter account.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 10, 2018
Unlike Facebook and Google, Twitter misses deadline to provide info to U.S. Senate in Russia probe
Twitter Inc. missed a deadline on Monday to provide the U.S. Senate Intelligence committee with information about alleged Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election, a spokeswoman for the committee's top Democrat, Sen. Mark Warner, said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 6, 2018
Twitter says world leaders like Trump have special status
Twitter on Friday reiterated its stance that accounts belonging to world leaders have special status on the social media network, pushing back against users who have called on the company to banish U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 4, 2018
Americans should fret over Kim's mental fitness, not Trump's, White House says after tweet rant
The White House on Wednesday defended Donald Trump's tweet about the size of his nuclear button, saying Americans should be concerned about the North Korean leader's mental fitness, not their president's.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 2, 2017
Twitter changes reason for allowing Trump's anti-Muslim retweets
Twitter Inc. said it allowed anti-Muslim videos that were retweeted by President Donald Trump because they didn't break rules on forbidden content, backtracking from an earlier rationale that the posts were newsworthy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 25, 2017
'Crappiest apartments of 2017' hashtag bemuses Twitter users
Anyone who's been living in Japan for any length of time has probably seen their fair share of perplexing apartment layouts. Microscopic storage spaces, unfathomably low kitchen sinks and shared bathroom amenities immediately spring to mind.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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