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U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy used personal email for official business: audit

August 25, 2015 admin arrests, crime, employees, hotel, japan, japan-caroline, jeffrey-hurant, largest, manhattan, millennium, seen-carrying, tokyo

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy used her personal email for official business despite a State Department policy advising employees generally to avoid this, an internal audit released on Tuesday said. The State Department's Office of Inspector General made the finding in a routine report on the Tokyo embassy as the agency is under scrutiny for Hillary Clinton's use of a private email address and server when she was secretary of state

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Google gains billions in value as YouTube drives ad growth

July 17, 2015 creative apple, caterpillar, fired-as-police, its-position, jail-northwest, largest, market-value, space, space-tokyo, texas, tokyo, total, total-market, world, youtube

Google's class A shares chalked up their largest single-day percentage change in more than seven years on Friday. The rise in Google's market value was more than the total market capitalization of Caterpillar Inc , the world's biggest construction equipment maker

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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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With African fashion in vogue, home talent shines

February 6, 2015 creative angeles, christian-dior, continent, estimated-260, new-techniques, online-clothing, tokyo, world

By Joe Brock and Helen Nyambura-Mwaura JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – When Michelle Obama and Beyonce Knowles attended high-profile events in clothes made by African designers, it was a sure sign that the continent's vibrant style has arrived on the world stage. The showcasing of clothes from home-grown African designers in stores in New York, London and Tokyo is a sign of a broader change of attitude towards a continent which is earning a brighter reputation beyond stories of war and disease.

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Vivaldi browser hits 500,000 downloads in first 10 days

February 6, 2015 creative continent, estimated-260, friday-launched, launched-on-jan, linux, new-techniques, small-screen, tablet-version, tokyo, vivaldi, windows, you-consider

The new Vivaldi internet browser was downloaded 500,000 times in its first 10 days of operation, the company told Reuters on Friday. Launched on Jan. 27 for desktop computers, Vivaldi targets users who conduct a large number of searches, offering features like speed dials, personalized notes and bookmarks with small screen shots.

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North Korea behind Sony hack, with possible China link: U.S. official

December 19, 2014 publisher christmas, computer-system, hack, north-korea, official-said, operation, said-on-friday, the-operation, tokyo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S.

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BlackBerry closes acquisition of Germany’s Secusmart

December 19, 2014 admin black, burnish-its, deal, hack, north-korea, operation, privately-held, secusmart, the-operation, tokyo

TORONTO (Reuters) – BlackBerry Ltd said Friday it has completed its acquisition of Secusmart, a privately held firm that specializes in voice and data encryption. Waterloo, Ontario-based BlackBerry agreed to buy the German maker of encryption and anti-eavesdropping services in July, in a move to burnish its credentials with highly security-conscious clients like government ‎agencies.

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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. …

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Balotelli fined 25,000 pounds and banned for one game

December 19, 2014 publisher after-posting, instagram, leak-sensitive, manchester, mario, mario-balotelli, media, soccer-match, tokyo, trafford

LONDON (Reuters) – Controversial Liverpool forward Mario Balotelli was suspended for one match by the FA on Thursday and fined 25,000 pounds ($39,152) after posting an offensive message on social media.

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Sony unveils web-based TV service PlayStation Vue

November 13, 2014 creative access-live, are-reflected, international, launched-during, makes-the-past, network, new-cloud-based, outside-its, past, past-three, tokyo

(Reuters) – Sony Network Entertainment International LLC, a unit of Sony Corp of America, unveiled a new cloud-based TV service, PlayStation Vue, expected to be commercially launched during the first quarter of 2015. The web-based television service allows users to access live TV and on-demand content without a cable or satellite service, the company said. The service offers catch-up and on-demand TV.

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