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_ [misc]Christmas time in Japan

Japan Market Intelligence による東京のクリスマスについての説明文。

In short, it is crucial for most singles to have a date on Christmas Eve and the more gorgeous and romantic the better

Exactly.

Patrick writes

... the Japanese had little connection to the Christian version - so they invented their own! Syncretistic Japan pulls in random elements of Western "Christmas" and recombines in pleasing new ways! ( shocking only to Christians ). Santa Claus on the Cross and more!

Birdherder enterprises like the idea of using Christmas as "a hyper-commercialized excuse to be with family and friends and exchange gifts."

_ I think the article and comments may also be interesting to Japanese, so I cited here.

_ [News]Microsoft aims to make spammers pay

宛先のアドレスごとに複雑な計算をしたハッシュをつけることで、大量のメールを送ることを少しでも大変にしようという試み。Slashdotより。

差出人の鍵で署名するという方向では検討されないのかなぁ。両方組み合わせる方がいいのかもしれない。