…rtainment and serious news content. Earlier this week, a study by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism said amateur “citizen journalism” footage from events such as the 2011 tsunami in Japan were some of the most-watched clips on YouTube. In recent months YouTube has hosted dozens of videos from the rebellion in Syria, often uploaded by rebels seeking to publicize t…
…r, Google, said the video had been watched seven million to 10 million times a day on average. It overtook the previous record holder – Justin Bieber’s music video Baby – on November 24. “Psy’s success is a great testament to the universal appeal of catchy music – and er, great equine dance moves,” wrote Kevin Allocca, YouTube trends manager, on the servic…
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…s to exclusive videos, TV shows and films from select specialist channels. Paying a subscription may also remove adverts from free videos. YouTube revamped the site and introduced channels in December 2011. In October 2012, YouTube launched 60 partner channels, including BBC Worldwide On Earth, ITN, the Jamie Oliver Food Channel and Mixmag TV. Other partners include Channel 4 and Film 4, Howcast a…
d resignation, DPJ has to select a new leader until Monday — with the winner almost certainly to become Japan’s prime minister. Naoto Kan‘s departure, after assuming his post in June 2011 following another Japanese power shakeup, means that his successor will become the Japan’s 6th prime minister since 2006. PM Naoto Kan had promised he would quit once lawmakers passed thre…
…rtive foreign policy as tensions with China run high. Many voters remain undecided, amid disillusionment in Japan over politics. Shinzo Abe’s centre-right LDP was swept from office by the DPJ in 2009, ending more than 50 years of almost unbroken rule. The DPJ promised more welfare spending and a better social safety net, but struggled to deliver amid the economic downturn and 11 March 2011 e…
orted to police by angry YouTube users. He reportedly said he “wanted people to understand the beauty of a Ferrari”. The six-minute video is titled “Ferrari 458 Italia Drive in Japan 2011″ in Japanese, and was filmed using a camera positioned behind the driver. It shows the car leaving an underground car park and driving along highways and coastal roads in Fukuoka, southern…
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…apanese protests in China have forced Japanese businesses to close or scale down operations. In some cities on Tuesday, Japanese shops were attacked and vandalized on the anniversary of an incident in 1931 which led to Japan’s invasion of north-east China. The protests appeared to have diminished on Wednesday. “Regarding damage to our embassies and consulates, we plan to demand compens…
– called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. The Japanese coast guard said it was the highest number of Chinese boats in the area since Tokyo nationalized part of the island chain in September 2012. China said its ships had been monitoring Japanese vessels. The State Oceanic Administration issued a statement saying three of its ships had “found” several Japanese ships around th…
ional Police Agency of Japan figures show almost 300,000 buildings were destroyed and a further one million damaged, either by the quake, tsunami or resulting fires. Almost 4,000 roads, 78 bridges and 29 railways were also affected. Patrick Fuller, of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and who was there in the immediate aftermath of the disaster, tells of the R…
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Japan’s economy contracted in the third quarter of 2012, as a global economic slowdown and anti-Japan protests in China hurt its exports, while domestic consumption remained subdued. Japan’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted 3.5% from a year earlier. Compared with the previous three months, the economy contracted 0.9%. The weak data is likely to put pressure on the government to boost…
Japan marks one year commemoration of the devastating earthquake and tsunami, which struck the north-eastern coast, leaving 20,000 dead or missing. The 9-magnitude quake, Japan’s most powerful since records began, also triggered a serious nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Thousands of people were evacuated as radiation leaked from the plant. There were memorial servic…
…before being used. Currently, it is estimated that about 60 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube worldwide every minute. YouTube owner Google has yet to comment on the ruling. The court case began in 2010 and came after talks between YouTube and Gema about royalties broke down. In 2009, the stalemate meant that videos from German recording firms were briefly blocked on the site. Gema has rung up…
YouTube app is missing from the next version of Apple’s iOS6 operating system. Apple said the app had been removed because its license to produce the program had expired. The Apple-made version of the YouTube app has been a staple on the iPhone’s iOS since the device was first launched in 2007. Apple said Google was developing its own version of the app which should appear soon. The f…
Japan has accused China of violating its airspace for the first time after a Chinese government plane flew near disputed East China Sea islands. Fighter jets were scrambled after the plane was seen around 11:00 local time near one of the islands, spokesman Osamu Fujimura said. Japan lodged an immediate protest with Beijing, he said. The islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, have…
Japan has decided to switch off its last working nuclear reactor, as part of the safety drive since the March 2011 tsunami triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima plant. The third reactor at the Tomari plant, in Hokkaido prefecture, is shutting down for routine maintenance. The move leaves Japan without energy from atomic power for the first time for more than 40 years. Until last year, Japan got 3…
…ago consists of five islands and three reefs • Japan, China and Taiwan claim them; they are controlled by Japan and form part of Okinawa prefecture • The Japanese government signed a deal in September 2012 to purchase three islands from Japanese businessman Kunioki Kurihara, who used to rent them out to the Japanese state • The islands were the focus of a major diplomatic row between Japan and Chi…
Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of China’s central bank, has pulled out of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings being held in Japan. The move comes amid an ongoing territorial dispute between the two countries. Relations between the two soured after Japan said it had purchased disputed islands in the East China Sea claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing. China’s four state-…
…ication today!” YouTube has been blocked to users in Pakistan since September when excerpts from an anti-Islamic film were posted, sparking protests across the world. Pakistan blocked YouTube in 2008 and 2010 because of sacrilegious content. It reimposed a ban on the site on 17 September following days of protests around the world after a translated version of an amateur film attacking the P…
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…umbers visiting the site every month. YouTube’s popularity provides Google with a lucrative channel through which to sell advertising, alongside its core search business. YouTube was launched in 2005 and bought by Google in 2006. Google paid $1.76 billion for YouTube, which at the time had an estimated 30-40 million users worldwide. With one billion monthly users, it poses a challenge to Fac…
Naoto Kan, Japan’s PM steps down. Yoshihiko Noda, the former Japan’s finance minister, has become the new prime minister. Yoshihiko Noda, 54, is the seventh prime minister in six years, inheriting a parliament racked by division, a sluggish economy and a nation struggling to recover from the 11 March tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis. The new prime minister’s election, aft…
…llies in Chinese cities. Chinese indignation grew recently when nationalist politicians from Japan visited disputed islands to commemorate the Japanese dead of WWII Japan’s coast guard reported 20 Chinese marine surveillance ships in the vicinity of the islands last week. They confirmed to Kyodo news agency on Sunday that the last such vessel had left. The cancellation of Thursday’s c…
But the United States and North Korea’s neighbors insist it will be a disguised long-range missile test, contravening UN resolutions. The resolutions were imposed after a similar launch in April 2009. Japan is particularly concerned as the last North Korean rocket was launched over the north of the country. Japan announces that will shoot down a North Korean rocket if necessary, as new sate…
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has announced it will dramatically expand the country’s money supply, as it tries to stimulate the economy growth. The Japanese central bank vowed to boost an asset purchase programme and meet a 2% inflation target in two years, after a two-day meeting, the first chaired by new governor Haruhiko Kuroda. Japan’s economy, the world’s third-largest, has been…
n as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan, are uninhabited but resource-rich. They have been a contentious issue between the two countries, and were the focus of a major diplomatic row between them in 2010. The dispute flared up again over the weekend after Tokyo said it had agreed to purchase them, leading to thousands of protesters taking to the streets in various parts of China. The demonstrati…
Typhoon Talas killed at least 18 people and left more than 50 missing after hitting the western area of Japan. Typhoon Talas came with heavy rain and winds of up to 68 mph after making landfall on Shikoku Island on Saturday. Talas is the season’s 12th typhoon and is now moving slowly north across the Sea of Japan, according to the Japan’s Meteorological Agency Sunday statement. Kiho,…
