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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2019
Google blocks Chinese app TikTok in India after court order
Google has blocked access to the hugely popular video app TikTok in India to comply with a state court's directive to prohibit its downloads, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 22, 2018
China shuts thousands of websites in clean-up campaign, state media says
China has shut down more than 4,000 websites and online accounts in a three-month campaign against "harmful" online information, the official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday, citing the country's illegal publication watchdog.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 19, 2018
Ministop ends sale of porn magazines at convenience stores nationwide
Unrestricted displays of pornographic magazines at retail stores are rare overseas. With the number of inbound tourists expected to increase sharply for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, calls for the removal of porn magazines from convenience store shelves in Japan have been increasing.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2017
China takes 5,500 apps offline, including pornographic and violent: Xinhua
China's internet supervisors have taken down more than 5,500 illegal apps for disseminating such things as pornographic and violent content, as well as others, the official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Nov 21, 2016
Porn makers want sexual fantasies to become virtual realities
In June, hundreds of people thronged a small virtual reality event in Tokyo's Akihabara district, forcing the organizer to cancel it halfway through.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 20, 2016
India launches first internet hotline to tackle surge in child porn
India on Monday launched its first internet hotline to encourage people to report online child pornography and curb a surge in photographs and videos on the internet showing children being sexually exploited, the founders of the initiative said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2015
Taiwan to issue 'angel' and 'devil' metro cards featuring Japanese porn star
Taiwan will roll out "angel" and "devil" metro cards featuring a Japanese porn star next week, despite a public outcry and a previous decision to scrap the project.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2015
'Onsen' at center of sex acts controversy to reopen Aug. 1
A mixed-bathing, open-air onsen in Tochigi Prefecture that was forced to close last month amid complaints over lurid sexual behavior by some users is set to reopen following a deal between tourism officials, the operator and the local community.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2015
Tochigi mixed-bath hot-spring is forced to close after group sex rumors
Complaints about brazen sexual acts at a quaint little onsen north of Tokyo have forced the open-air, mixed-bathing facility to indefinitely suspend operations, highlighting a new risk to a declining tradition.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 21, 2014
China steps up purge of online porn amid wider censorship push
China has shut down more than 100 websites carrying pornography and closed thousands of accounts on social media sites in an renewed effort to clean up the Internet, state media reported.
LIFE / Digital
Jul 3, 2013
Porn: Do we really want ISPs to censor?
Dearly beloved: our subject this morning is online pornography and what to do about it. The fact that there is a good deal of erotic material on the Internet is beyond dispute, though the precise amount is unclear. Let us assume that X percent of websites contain porn, where X is a number between five...
Japan stands its ground after Trump letter delivers 25% U.S. tariff shock
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at Morristown Airport, New Jersey, on Sunday. Trump on Monday sent letters to 12 countries notifying them of new "reciprocal" tariff rates effective Aug. 1.
Japan to set up 'control tower' for crimes by foreign residents
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Over 800 people found to be involved in TOEIC cheating scheme
An English conversation test paper and bubble answer sheet. A Chinese graduate student from Kyoto University is suspected of having attempted to use a small microphone under a mask to tell other takers of a popular English-language proficiency test the correct answers.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Scams involving police impersonation surge
A video by the National Police Agency warns about fake scams.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.

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