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2021.12.23
Voting Begins for the Top 10 Digital News Stories of 2021

Voting is now open for the “Top 10 Digital News Stories of 2021.” It’s almost the end of the year, isn’t it?
Please be sure to vote!
The results will be announced on February 10 at the Digital New Year’s Party in Takeshiba.

https://forms.gle/kVdngJJHvuLK2FvP6

Top 10 News Stories (Nominees)

・Enjoying the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics from Home・The
Digital Agency Gets Underway. Digital Initiatives Include the Temporary Council and the Garden City Concept・Two Digital
Signage Stories: Shinjuku’s 3D Cat and Shinagawa’s “Are You Looking Forward to Work Today?
”・Mizuho Bank Experiences 8 System Outages (Chairman, President, and CEO Step Down)
・Major Commercial Broadcasters to Begin Simultaneous
Streaming・Digital Yuan Begins
Operations・China Tightens IT
Regulations・Squid Game Tops Netflix’s All-Time Global Viewership Chart・The
Art NFT Wave Arrives・General Election
: Media Predictions Way Off the
Mark・Vaccinations—Sumida Leads in Speed, Shibuya
Leads Among Young People・Data Leak on GitHub—Affecting Banks, IT Companies, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department・PHS
,Comes to an End
; Z Holdings and LINE Merge; Robot Customer Service on the Rise
;
Facebook Changes Name to “Meta”; Two METI Officials Arrested for Fraud Following Resignation of
MIC Chief;
Tencent Invests 30 Billion Yen in KADOKAWA; Cyberbullying Hits Record High

; “War Against GAFAM” Reignites

 

For your reference, the "Top 10 Digital News Stories of 2020" received a total of 20,000 votes, and the top stories were as follows:

1: Stamps and Fax
Machines Facing a Tough Time Amid the Establishment of the Digital Agency 2: “Demon Slayer” Heads Toward All-Time Box Office Record 3
: The Rise of the “Zoom Society”—Will Remote Work Take Root
? 4: The Esports Boom and the Global Popularity
of “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” 5: The Rise of New Live Entertainment Following the Postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics