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BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 20, 2014
Rakuten workers asked online merchants to falsify prices
Employees of online shopping mall Rakuten Inc. instructed merchants to falsify prices of products in violation of consumer protection laws, according to some of the Internet mall's tenants.
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2014
Students in Aichi city to be banned from using cellphones after 9 p.m.
Hoping to minimize the negative effects that smartphones can have on children, students in elementary and junior high schools in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, will be banned from using cellphones after 9 p.m.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 12, 2014
Accused hacker: 'I'm innocent'
The man accused of hacking other people's computers to make a series of violent threats in 2012 maintains his “absolute innocence” as his trial opens at the Tokyo District Court.
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2014
Online banking users suffer ¥1.4 billion in damage
The National Police Agency said Thursday it received reports on 1,315 illegal remittance cases targeting online banking users last year, causing around ¥1.4 billion in damage.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 27, 2014
E-retailer sues to lift online drug sales ban
Major e-commerce firm Kenko.com Inc. sued the government Monday over legislation enacted last month to restrict online sales of certain over-the-counter drugs, calling the new rule an "unconstitutional" impingement on freedom of business.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 25, 2013
Consumers still falling for shady websites
Consumer complaints over online merchants selling fake brand products and fraudulent Internet banking services continue running high in Japan, prodding police to take action in concert with providers of computer security software.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 16, 2013
Broker SBI upgrades with eye on high-frequency future
SBI Securities Co., Japan's largest online broker, has upgraded its technology in anticipation of faster trading speeds in the world's second-biggest equity market.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Dec 1, 2013
For busy teachers, online degrees can help in the rat race
As a graduate of a competitive U.S. university, I didn't take online learning seriously. Sitting in front of a computer couldn't compare with my four-year liberal arts experience collaborating with peers and debating with professors.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Dec 1, 2013
School yourself in the basics before picking an online course
There are many professions within the field of education and just as many online graduate programs to match them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Dec 1, 2013
Crusader for social activism brings Change.org to Japan
The woman who brought Change.org to Japan says the online petition platform is just the ticket to get the normally reticent Japanese to become more active in achieving social change.
EDITORIALS
Nov 17, 2013
Regulating online sales of drugs
To better protect the public health, the government should enact a law regulating the online sales of nonprescription drugs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2013
Online fashion service for men
While professional stylists might be considered the preserve of movie stars and other celebrities, ordinary men seeking direction with their fashion choices can find help in a new online service.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2013
No online trade for 23 OTC drugs
The government says that under rules taking effect next spring, online sales of 23 drugs will be banned for three years after they move from prescription to over-the-counter status.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2013
Service delivers famed ramen to the home
You no longer have to travel far and wide to try ramen or dishes from popular restaurants that are much talked about.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Oct 28, 2013
Online courses: Collegiate equalizer?
The latest trend in online education is taking the academic world by storm.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2013
Smartphones drive surge in Net auctions, gripes
Japan's online auction market has seen major growth in the past several years, driven by the popularity of smartphones and sellers seeking to offload secondhand goods.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2013
Farm-fresh produce delivery goes online
A growing number of consumers are purchasing fresh vegetables and fruit online directly from farmers.
LIFE / Digital / JAPAN WEB WATCH
Oct 15, 2013
Japan's social-networking pioneer turns matchmaker
There was a time when the only social network that mattered in Japan was Mixi, but these days, after years of stagnation, it is hardly heard of in daily conversation — being replaced in popularity by rivals such as Gree, Mobage, Twitter, Facebook and most recently Line.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 4, 2013
Online store sold drugs whose sell-by date had passed at discounted prices
An online drugstore was found to have offered for sale in late July through a shopping mall of Yahoo Japan Corp. non-prescription medicines that had passed their expiry dates, and at below market prices, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 23, 2013
Why are so many young men becoming Internet trolls?
Two thousand, three hundred and ninety-three years ago, in 380 B.C., Plato wrote the myth of the Ring of Gyges, in which the shepherd, Gyges, discovers a ring that makes him invisible at will. Gyges promptly uses the protection this offers to infiltrate the royal household, seduce the queen, assassinate the king and take the kingdom. Plato goes on: "If now there should be two such rings, and the just man should put on one and the unjust the other, no one could be found, it would seem, of such adamantine temper as to persevere in justice."
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday

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