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Business / Tech Feb 7, 2020

Google Maps marks 15-year milestone with new features

Google Maps marked 15 years on the road Thursday with the rollout of new features for its popular mobile app that has helped move navigation into the digital age. The technology giant is celebrating the occasion with a new look and product updates, Vice President ...

National / Media | DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN Mar 2, 2019

Google Maps could point users down the wrong path

by Jake Adelstein

One could almost be forgiven for thinking that con artists are a dime a dozen in Japan. They've been terrorizing elderly folk over the telephone in recent years with their ore-ore sagi ("It's me" scams) and sending threatening emails that warn recipients their computer ...

National / Crime & Legal Dec 2, 2015

Trio face charges for changing facility names on Google Maps

The Metropolitan Police Department has filed criminal papers against three men, including a 30-year-old company employee from Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, on suspicion of obstructing the business of a Tokyo law office by rewriting facility names on Google Maps. The police said the three men allegedly ...

National Nov 8, 2013

Government unpins Google Maps for top design prize

by Tomohiro Osaki

The government will not give the Good Design Grand Award to Google Maps even though it got the most votes, prompting speculation that it was snubbed because the maps include rivals' names for disputed islets claimed by Japan.

National Sep 28, 2013

Google Maps naming policy prompts Japan to request home page bans

The government has asked local authorities and state-run universities not to post maps provided by Google Inc. on their websites because some of them include foreign place names that undermine Japan's territorial claims, sources said Saturday. In dispute are the South Korean-controlled islets in the ...