Trial to open for ex-Japanese Web star
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The trial for former Internet idol Takafumi Horie was scheduled to open Monday in a case that underlines a modernizing Japan's efforts to grapple with the rise of ventures and define the legal boundaries for aggressive stock trading.
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The editor of Playboy Indonesia went on  trial on Thursday on charges of distributing indecent pictures  to the public and making money from them, which could carry a  jail term of up to 32 months.
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Google Inc. , the world's biggest  Internet search engine, said on Wednesday it is opening the  Japanese-language version of its email service to anyone who  wants to sign up.
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A new legal chapter opens Monday for Saddam Hussein when the ousted Iraqi leader goes on trial for a second time, charged with genocide and war crimes from his scorched-earth offensive against Kurds nearly two decades ago.
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Disgraced Internet mogul Takafumi Horie has plead not guilty over a scandal at the once high-flying Livedoor firm that highlighted Japan's struggle to adapt to a more aggressive US-style capitalism.
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TOKYO - A man arrested last year on copyright charges for disseminating films on the Internet was given a three-year suspended sentence Tuesday - averting a jail term in one of the first crackdowns on file-sharing in Japan.
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A U.S. Army sergeant accused of deserting  to North Korea nearly 40 years ago and now in hospital in Japan  may appear before the U.S. military for a plea bargain soon,  his Japanese wife said on Monday.
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Japan's prime minister has begun posting English-language messages on the video-sharing Internet site YouTube in an apparent bid to raise his country's international profile.
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TOKYO -- Former Internet mogul Takafumi Horie asserted his innocence Monday at his trial's opening, challenging the Japanese court system with the same cockiness with which he shook the nation's staid corporate culture during his rise to fame.
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The trial of a brash, young Japanese entrepreneur entered its second day Tuesday with a prosecution witness testifying that Livedoor, the Internet company Takafumi Horie founded, doctored its earnings by selling and buying its own stock.
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Musician intends to win back control of his copyright on the Web.
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Internet addresses ending in ".asia" will be open to governments and trademark owners starting in October, with general registrations to begin next February.
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By Makiko Suzuki  Shares of Mixi, the largest Japanese Web site for social networking, doubled on the first day they were offered Thursday, making Kenji Kasahara, its 30-year-old founder, a billionaire.
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A U.S. Army sergeant accused of deserting to North Korea in 1965 and now hospitalized in Japan is willing to appear before the U.S. military in Japan for a plea bargain, Japanese media reports said on Saturday.
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The trial of one brave journalist in Indonesia has implications far beyond the courtroom in Jakarta. By the time this article appears, the Central Jakarta District Court is due
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A new trial on corruption charges against former Premier Silvio Berlusconi opened Tuesday, just as the opposition leader is seeking to capitalize on weaknesses in the governing coalition to get back into power.Comment
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Former Japanese Internet entrepreneur Takafumi Horie and his defense team are confident Japan's courts will clear him of securities laws violation charges, a lawyer of the team said Sunday.