Group aiming to stop social media bullying launched in Japan
TOKYO -- A group aspiring to stop bullying and harassment on social media was launched in Japan on May 25, with members from diverse backgrounds and p
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TOKYO -- A group aspiring to stop bullying and harassment on social media was launched in Japan on May 25, with members from diverse backgrounds and p
Mar 6, 2021 The Aichi Triennale 2019 arts festival appears to live on in infamy. When it opened in Nagoya, it was immediately blasted for a section entitled “After ‘Freedom of Expression?,’” which duplicated a 2015 Tokyo art exhibit featuring works that were previously removed from public display after being castigated by right-wing elements, mainly for their depictions of historical matters. The section was eventually shut down over security concerns, an act that resonated for months in the national and international press, which questioned Japan’s approach to freedom of e...
False rumors spread again following recent earthquake off northeast Japan February 15, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) This image is taken from Getty. TOKYO -- Discriminatory remarks and unreliable information filled Twitter, YouTube and other social media outlets following a magnitude-7.3 earthquake that hit off northeast Japan at around midnight on Feb. 13, which registered an upper 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures. Similar phenomena have been observed each time a disaster occurs, and massacres of Korean people were triggered by false rumors...