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LIFE / Food & Drink / 2010s: Decade in review
Nov 16, 2019
How Japanese social media changed 2010s eating habits
Move over complicated bentos: Japanese recipes in the 2010s are all about making cozy, unfussy food that looks good online.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2019
Facebook removes 3.2 billion fake accounts and millions of child abuse posts
Facebook Inc. removed 3.2 billion fake accounts between April and September, along with millions of posts depicting child abuse and suicide, according to its latest content moderation report released on Wednesday.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 4, 2019
Top boy band Arashi begins global online distribution of all singles year ahead of ending activities
Iconic Japanese boy band Arashi has started global online distribution of all of its singles, about a year ahead of the group's scheduled suspension of its activities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 25, 2019
Russian operatives sacrifice followers to stay undercover on Facebook ahead of U.S. election
Efforts by Russian influence campaigns to stay undetected on social media ahead of next year's U.S. elections are undermining their ability to gain followers and spread divisive political messages, a senior Facebook executive told Reuters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2019
Russian accounts targeted U.S. voters on Instagram ahead of 2020 election, Facebook says
A network of Instagram accounts operated from Russia has targeted Americans with divisive political messages ahead of next year's presidential election and posed as local people in U.S. states including Virginia and Florida, Facebook said.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2019
Facebook bans self-harm images in fight against suicide
Facebook Inc. will no longer allow graphic images of self-harm on its platform as it tightens its policies on suicide content amid growing criticism of how social media companies moderate violent and potentially dangerous content.
SUMO
Sep 9, 2019
Sumo 101: Rikishi & social media
At first glance, sumo can seem intransigently stuck in the past.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2019
Facebook launches dating service in United States, spurring 2% share surge
Facebook Inc. is launching its dating services in the United States, the social network said on Thursday, sending its shares up 2 percent.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 21, 2019
Meet the women reframing black femininity in Japanese spaces
Ebony Bowens and Tynelle Pozdnyakov dip into Japanese fashion subcultures in an effort to challenge stereotypes and have a little fun while doing it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2019
FTC may announce $5 billion settlement with Facebook over Cambridge Analytica fiasco this week: sources
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is expected to announce a roughly $5 billion settlement with Facebook Inc. as early as this week of its investigation into the social media company's handling of user data, two sources briefed on the matter said on Monday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 13, 2019
Nuclear wasteland selfies draw ire as tourists flock to Chernobyl after hit HBO series
A spate of selfie-taking tourists at Chernobyl — one wearing little more than her underwear — in the wake of a hit TV series on the world's worst nuclear disaster has sparked anger, with the show's author urging more respect for the dead.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
May 8, 2019
Photographing Tokyo's human side: Isaac Aquino finds an 'interloper' in us all
Isaac Aquino has just quit his job as a reporter, and he seems quite pleased with himself. The soft-spoken Filipino recently decided to go all in on Tokyo Interlopers, an Instagram account he launched three years ago, by focusing on a business MBA.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 14, 2019
Facebook considers paying back advertisers as system outages persist around globe
Facebook is undergoing one of its most widespread and persistent system outages, with users across the globe unable to access its social network and services from Instagram to Messenger for much of Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 8, 2019
Megaphones, hacking, propaganda: Robert Mueller details Russian U.S. election meddling
From breaking into computers to paying for a megaphone, Russian efforts to undermine the U.S. political system have been spelled out in detail by special counsel Robert Mueller, who has described an elaborate campaign of hacking and propaganda during the 2016 presidential race.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Feb 24, 2019
Japanese fashion taps the potential of digital media platforms
Fashion has had to adapt to social media — its early exposure of new collections, its influencers starting and accelerating trends and its new forms of retailing. But it has caught up, and in exciting ways.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2019
Social media users flip #10yearchallenge to spotlight changes caused by war and climate change
The #10YearChallenge — posting a new photo of yourself next to an old one — is being repurposed by social media users to highlight more serious issues than aging faces, from climate change to the devastation of war.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jan 13, 2019
Sort out your digital diet and keep your sanity in 2019
Judging by the New Year's resolutions I'm hearing so far this year, the internet was a real source of frustration for a lot of people in 2018.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 23, 2018
Divided by war, young Israelis and Gazans tell their stories via Instagram
In another part of the world they might have gone to the same schools or be sharing WiFi in the same coffee shops.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2018
Instagram founders depart Facebook after clashes with Zuckerberg
The founders of Instagram are leaving Facebook Inc. after growing tensions with CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the direction of the product, sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2018
Facebook bans Myanmar army chief, others in unprecedented move over spread of 'hate and misinformation'
Facebook said Monday it was removing several Myanmar military officials from the social media website and an Instagram account to prevent the spread of "hate and misinformation" after reviewing the content.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
Woman dies after possible knife attack in Setagaya
Police investigate the scene where a woman was found bleeding on a street in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Monday.
Suntory CEO Takeshi Niinami resigns over alleged possession of illegal drugs
Takeshi Niinami, then-chief executive officer of Suntory Holdings, in May 2024
Why Stalin didn’t invade Hokkaido still largely unknown, 80 years after WWII
During a survey to collect the remains of victims from the Taito Maru, one of the vessels involved in the Three Ships Incident, a metal helmet was found near the stern of the vessel on Aug. 5, 1984, at Rumoi Port. No human remains were discovered.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
‘Cool’ Patagonia wants to take used items into the mainstream
"It's not just about sales. It's about system change," said Marty Pomphrey, general manager of Patagonia Japan, on Aug. 6.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
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