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Banking on the global appeal of Japanese pop and video games, social networking site MySpace said it would more than double the number of artists on its Japanese pages to get more clicks internationally. (Reuters)

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Japanese consumers are known to be ardent gadget lovers, but that doesn't mean that technology development is thriving in Japan. (ecommercetimes.com)

Video clips of a Japanese police crackdown on a group of "working poor" who tried to get a look at the wealthy prime minister's luxurious private home in Tokyo have attracted of thousands of viewers on the Internet. (Reuters)

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A Japanese firm said Wednesday it would launch an Internet-based slot machine game using mug shots of criminal suspects on the country's wanted list. (AFP)

Talent agency and production company Yoshimoto Kogyo has partnered with Yahoo Japan to launch "myzo," an online service set to offer sponsored original drama and comedy shorts starting in December, the company said Tuesday. (Hollywood Reporter)

Japanese Internet giant Softbank and Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba said Tuesday they would launch a business-to-business service to link Japanese firms with potential customers in China. (AFP)

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Arrests associated with unauthorized access to computers more than doubled in Japan in 2007 compared to the previous year, according to figures released by Japan's Ministry of Justice. (PC World)

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The Metropolitan Police Department has posted on its website the audio files of actual phone conversations between banking-scam artists, and their victims and prospective victims as part of its effort to educate the public about their techniques. (Kyodo)

The Japan Electric Power Exchange plans an Internet site to bring together parties wanting to trade carbon-neutral power that is generated from renewable sources or from fossil fuels offset by U.N. carbon credits. (Reuters)

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