7 d. ago Japan man exploits delivery platform refund policy, eats 1,000 meals for free

A 38-year-old man in Japan has been arrested on suspicion of fraud after exploiting loopholes in a major food delivery platform, resulting in losses exceeding 3.7 million yen (US$24,000). Authorities in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, apprehended Takuya Higashimoto in early October for making 1,095 orders from a food delivery service, consuming all the food, yet managing to evade payment, according to reports from Japan Times. His method involved selecting contactless delivery through the platform and...

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1 week ago Japan’s AI child porn loophole exposed by football executive’s conviction abroad

A senior Japanese football executive’s conviction in France for viewing AI-generated child abuse images has triggered a wave of national soul-searching and renewed demands for Japan to close legal loopholes that critics say are fuelling the proliferation of hyperrealistic exploitative imagery online. Masanaga Kageyama, the Japan Football Association’s former technical director, was handed an 18-month suspended prison sentence by a French court on Monday after he was caught watching sexually...

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1 week ago Outrage over rude China tourist in Japan who scoffs sample food, misuses hand dryer

A Chinese university student has sparked anger on social media in China and Japan after documenting his disrespectful “poverty travel” exploits in Osaka. His outrage-causing actions included abusing free samples of food and drying his hair with a public hand dryer. The travel influencer known as Yikeshu, who boasts nearly 200,000 followers on a major mainland social media platform, claimed to be a 21-year-old student at Hainan University in Haikou, Hainan province, southern China. He gained...

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1 week ago Outrage over rude China tourist in Japan who eats sample food, misuses hand dryer

A Chinese university student has sparked anger on social media in China and Japan after documenting his disrespectful “poverty travel” exploits in Osaka. His outrage-causing actions included abusing free samples of food and drying his hair with a public hand dryer. The travel influencer known as Yikeshu, who boasts nearly 200,000 followers on a major mainland social media platform, claimed to be a 21-year-old student at Hainan University in Haikou, Hainan province, southern China. He gained...

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2 w. ago HungryPanda steers clear of price wars, prioritises quality and service

HungryPanda, the overseas food delivery platform specialising in Chinese and Asian food, is closely watching the price wars in China between rivals like Meituan and Alibaba Group Holding, a company executive said. However, HungryPanda operated in markets with “less price sensitive” consumers who had “high spending power”, according to Kitty Liu, the company’s director of public affairs. This year, competition in China’s on-demand services market, long dominated by Meituan, has intensified with...

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2 w. ago Alibaba’s Amap AI feature an instant hit with 400 million users since launch

Alibaba Group Holding said the destination ranking feature in its Amap mapping service has racked up 400 million users since being launched last month, as the tech giant doubles down on efforts to challenge rival delivery platform Meituan in local services. Amap Street Stars, launched on September 10 to provide artificial intelligence-based rankings for restaurants, hotels and tourist attractions, has so far been used by 400 million users, nearly half of Amap’s monthly active users, Alibaba said...

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