- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Mar 3, 2011 21:02 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Cheating, Crime, Keitai, Mass Media, Police, Sendai, University, Yahoo!

Japanese police have arrested a boy for cheating on his university entrance examination by using a mobile phone to photograph the questions and get the answers from accomplices on the Internet, in what turned out to be Japan’s biggest news story in months.
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A belle offering to “stay two days and a night” with the winning bidder in her auction has attracted bids amounting to ¥9,999,999,999 ($110 million) – Yahoo’s price counter will apparrently go no higher, although the auction still has days to go…
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Yahoo!’s ranking of the top 10 otaku wives for 2009 provides something of an upset, with the top spot easily seized by an unexpected newcomer…
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- Author: linkinstreet
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: May 5, 2009 06:10 JST
- Tags: Anime Goods, Collections, Crime, Fraud, Mangaka, Marketing, Otaku, Sites, Yahoo!

Collectors have been shocked to discover a sustained campaign of signed goods forgery, with the perpetrator selling off his fraudulent handiwork as the genuine article.
The fraud appears to have been perpetrated on an almost industrial scale, with sales reaching a million yen a month ($10,000).
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Recent research conducted by Yahoo suggests Wikipedia is the third most trusted source of information for the Japanese, being beaten only by newspapers and radio, and managing to beat TV.
The survey can be taken as demonstrating that the authoritative nature of the traditional mass media (in Japan at least) is being gradually eroded.
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The case in question is that of a man, happily married for three years, who discovers his wife to have secretly had a previous career of performing in adult videos, that is to say, she is a porn star. What should he do?
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One of the more innovative, and possibly unintended, uses of Yahoo.co.jp’s “Certification for Everyone” interfaces, a simple set of tools which allow users to create scored tests, is provided by ToLOVEる☆LOVE, namely a test to identify To Love-Ru characters by their pantsu, and their nipples (you will likely need to familiar with the manga compilation’s more liberal usage of nipples to gain the coveted rank of master here).
If you failed dismally, as did I, you will be heartened to know that the pass rate is a mere 36%, so your inadequate pants discrimination skill is not so shameful.