In tattoo-taboo Japan, new website offers helping hand for those with ink
In tattoo-taboo Japan, those who are inked-up have received a helping hand — in both English and Japanese — with the launch of a new website that offers information about tattoo-friendly hot springs and other locations nationwide. Launched last week, the Tattoo Friendly website lists ...
Yahoo Shopping search rankings under scrutiny for stealth marketing
One of Japan's biggest online retail sites, Yahoo Shopping, is under scrutiny for how it displays search results, with products from companies paying more in advertising fees often ranked higher in a practice critics say is "stealth marketing." Two methods on the site that allow ...
New service connects Japanese travelers to compatriots living abroad
A website created by a Nagoya-based venture firm offering help from Japanese living overseas is gaining popularity with travelers. Traveloco has over 10,000 Japanese living in 140 countries registered on its site, offering services that meet a range needs of Japanese travelers — from taking ...
When it comes to health info, online 'fake news' can have serious repercussions
A recent "fake news" scandal involving IT giant DeNA Co. shows how quickly bogus health information can make the rounds online. According to a 300-page report released last month by a third-party panel looking into the scandal, Welq — one of the firm's 10 content ...
Court orders Amazon Japan to identify writer of defamatory book review
Amazon.com Inc.'s Japan unit has been ordered to identify the writer of a book review that a court found was defamatory, a lawyer for a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization said Monday. The Tokyo District Court ruled March 25 that the review in question was not based ...
Reporter, 9, defends homicide coverage after posts tell her to go back to playing with dolls
A 9-year-old reporter who wrote about a suspected murder in her small Pennsylvania town is defending herself after locals lashed out about a young girl covering violent crimes. Hilde Kate Lysiak got a tip Saturday afternoon about something untoward happening on 9th street in Selinsgrove, ...
Saudi website lists nine Americans in jails, including eight in last three months
Nine Americans are currently imprisoned in Saudi jails, with eight detained in the past three months, according to a website belonging to Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry. The state-linked newspaper al-Watan reported Saturday that the eight recently detained Americans are being investigated for terrorism-related crimes. The detainee ...
Ripple effect from cheating spouses website Ashley Madison's hacked data more like tsunami
Husbands and wives across the world are being confronted with their partners' extramarital affairs after a catastrophic leak at adultery website Ashley Madison spewed electronic evidence of infidelity across the Internet. Online forums were buzzing Thursday with users claiming to have found evidence that their ...
A man has been convicted of running a "revenge porn" website where people posted nude pictures of their ex-lovers, who then had to pay the man to take down the images. Kevin Bollaert, 28, was found guilty Monday of 27 counts, including identity theft and ...
NORAD 'tracks' Rudolph nose's heat to follow Santa from Australia to Americas, Midway, North Pole
Volunteers at the North American Aerospace Defense Command pretended to monitor Santa Claus as he made his storybook Christmas Eve flight, saying they used the heat signature from Rudolph's nose to "track" St. Nick over spots ranging from Australia to the Americas. Technology and social ...
Tabelog.com's customer-generated restaurant reviews prompt food fight
By getting diners to post over 5.9 million reviews of nearly 800,000 eateries, Tabelog has brought unprecedented transparency to one of the world's best dining scenes. It has also infuriated chefs and owners along the way.
Abe not laughing after online stunt pokes fun at snap election call
An online stunt by a student activist who made light of the Abe administration's surprise decision to call an election has drawn sharp criticism from the prime minister.
