2.2M attempts of unauthorized access to Niconico accounts detected

Dwango on June 13th announced that it detected 2,200,000 attempts of unauthorized login on its web service "Niconico".
Unauthorized login actually occurred for 220,000 IDs.
Among them, unauthorized use of "Niconico Points" was found on 19 IDs caused the damage of 173,610 yen.
Dwango in its statement to all users strongly recommends changing password.


ニコニコ動画に不正ログイン攻撃、約220万回の試行で17万円の被害　―ITpro
http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20140613/564042/

Kadokawa and Dwango agreed with integration

Kadokawa and Dwango on May 14 agreed with management integration.
They aim to distribute contents of Kadokawa including movies, anime, games and books on the web sharing platform of Dwango including Niconico.
Tatsuo Sato from Kadokawa will be the president and Nobuo Kawakami from Dwango will be the chairman of the newly established company "Kadokawa Dwango".


角川・ドワンゴ、経営統合発表　10月に持ち株会社方式　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDZ1406C_U4A510C1000000/?dg=1

Dowango to collect examination fee from job appllicants

Dowango will collect 2,525("niconico" in Japanese pronunciation) yen examination fee from applicants for their job in 2015.
It will employ approximately 40 engineers and a few planners at this time, and will not return the money in all cases.
The company which is famous for its video-sharing service Niconico says that it wants to create waves in Japanese traditional way of periodic new graduate recruitment, and take the exam should be taken by those who truly want to work with Dowango.

Japanese collage students traditionally apply for 30 to 100 information session, forums or interviews of jobs by an year before their graduation.


新卒入社試験に受験料「2525円」　ドワンゴの「一石を投じる」試みに賛否　―ITmediaニュース
http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1312/01/news009.html


Number of Japanese Facebook users in a steep decline

Increasing workers and decreasing full time workers

630,000 are "NEET" among the Japanese young

One out of five workers is over 60

Google.co.jp Yearly Search Word Ranking 2012

Yahoo! Japan Search Word Ranking 2012

Yahoo! Japan on November 26th announced "2012 Search Word Ranking" listing the most searched words in this year between January 1st and October 31st.