Tokyo police have arrested two men in their 20s on suspicion of faxing a bomb threat to a university in January that may be part of a widescale campaign to spread terror, investigative sources said. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department said more than 300,000 faxes threatening bomb attacks and mass killings were sent to universities, high schools, local governments and companies using similar means between January and May. It is believed to be the largest mass threats ever made using such a method.

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Both also reportedly said that their motive was to promote “Koshinkyo,” a movement in which people mock or harass targeted individuals online.

I searched for "koshinkyo" at Wikipedia. I didn't get a single result.

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[–] Tomboys_are_Cute@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The fax machine use has been something I've been hung up on for weeks trying to make a good joke of it. Like, Japan is known for really good technology, great trains (the first high-speed train and one that is still among the fastest), great consumer electronics, all sorts of robotics and computer programming and they still have to fax because the boomer bosses refuse to learn how to scan a document.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They still have to fax because the boomer bosses refuse to learn how to scan a document.

I think that's a pretty hard joke to beat. I really do.

So much of Japanese culture is designed around the wants and desires of older men. The story of viagra vs birth control is my favorite.

archive.today • Japan's Tale of Two Pills: Viagra and Birth Control - The New York Times

April 27, 1999

Japan normally takes many years, even decades, to approve foreign medications. But last year the middle-aged men who run the Ministry of Health and Welfare decided to rush the process for an American drug that they apparently deemed so critical that Japan could not wait another moment.

It is Viagra.

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It took just six months for Viagra to win approval from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which has six women among its 204 bureaucrats. Meanwhile, the low-dose birth control pill, the most common form of nonsurgical contraception in the United States, still has not won approval even though its application was filed a decade ago, and women's groups are furious.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

Meanwhile, the low-dose birth control pill, the most common form of nonsurgical contraception in the United States, still has not won approval even though its application was filed a decade ago, and women's groups are furious.

I'm guessing this is Shinzo " the-doohickey " Abe brain, isn't it?

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

If salarymen can't enjoy the soaplands they might actually have to spend time with their families, god forbid

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The Japanese government decided to phase out floppies in 2021

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

after just reading about Japan's approval of Viagra in the sibling comment it was a trip figuring out what you meant

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

if you really think about it the plastic case on a 3.5 inch floppy is like the computer equivalent of viagra

[–] Tomboys_are_Cute@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Like, done in 2021 or start phasing them out in 2021?

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Apparently they really started in 2022

[–] Tomboys_are_Cute@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

oh man that is some chefs-kiss stuff right there. Now I'm just picturing the heart of the Shinkansen being run on windows 97 with the schedules stored on one of these, the joke is coming together