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Rakuten buying eBook firm OverDrive for $410 million in U.S. push

March 19, 2015 publisher 158-3-million, 530-million, deepening-its, focus-towards, innovative, japanese, movie-project, overdrive, rakuten-cafe, sharing-economy, strides-made, teppei-kasai, tokyo, united-nations

By Teppei Kasai TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese online retailer Rakuten Inc is buying U.S. eBook company OverDrive Inc for about $410 million, deepening its push into the U.S.

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Japanese activist challenges secrets law with whistleblower tool

December 19, 2014 admin hack, japanese, leak-sensitive, masayuki-hatta, media, teppei-kasai, tokyo, transparency

By Teppei Kasai TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese Internet activist and academic is challenging a new state secrets law by setting up a website aimed at making it easier for government officials to leak sensitive information to the media without getting caught. The website, unveiled on Friday, uses an open source platform called GlobaLeaks developed by the Europe-based Hermes Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights, said Masayuki Hatta, an economics lecturer at Surugadai University. …