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 ...
Digital | Japan Pulse Oct 3, 2009
Japanese gamers buy up Google's City Streets
by Jason Jenkins
So fitting that the Internet titan Google is turning the world into a game a Monopoly. Wanna buy Omotesando? Sure, but can you pay the property tax?