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Twitter reaches 20 billion tweets

20 billionth tweeter GGGGGGo_Lets_Go Tokyo-based graphic designer’s landmark message reflects growing popularity of the microblogging site in Japan.

…It has been accused of proliferating pointless babble online and the 20 billionth message on Twitter will have done little to rebut such criticism.The exact meaning of the landmark tweet on Saturday by a graphic designer in Tokyo is difficult to work out as it was part of a larger conversation: “So that means the barrage might come back later all at once.”But his reaction to having sent the 20 billionth tweet since the microblogging site launched in July 2006 was much easier to understand.”It looks like I posted the 20 billionth tweet. I’m getting replies from people all over the world. It’s scary. What are the chances? Maybe I’m going to die. Is it more amazing than winning the lottery? I thought it was a joke,” he wrote moments later.Twitter’s popularity in Japan has soared in the past year with the company estimating that the Japanese send about…

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They Still Hang Murderers in Japan — But Not Very Often

Japan hanged two convicted killers on Wednesday — the first execution in the country since the Democratic Party of Japan took power last September.

…Japanese Justice Minister Keiko Chiba announces that the two convicted killers had been executed. STORY HIGHLIGHTSThe two executions are the first since the ruling party took power in SeptemberJapan’s last execution was in July 2009Justice Minister calls for a review of capital punishment in the country Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — Japan hanged two convicted killers on Wednesday — the first execution in the country since the Democratic Party of Japan took power last September. One of the men, Kazuo Shinozawa, was put to death for killing six female clerks at a jewelry stone in 2000 and setting the store on fire. The other person, Hidenori Ogata, was convicted of killing two people in 2003, the justice ministry said. Japan last carried out an execution in July 2009 when the conservative Liberal Democratic Party was in power. Justice Minister Keiko Chiba is a former member of a group of lawmakers opposed to capital punishment — the Japan Parliamentary League against the Death Penalty. Speaking to reporters after…

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