Unsubstantiated information: COVID-19 patients in Fukuoka and Gunma commit suicide after suffering...

Several posts have been surfacing claiming that a few COVID-19 patients and their families in Fukuoka and Gunma had been driven to suicide or out of their jobs ...

Fact-checking

Unsubstantiated information: Tokyo’s Yamanote railway line stopped displaying Chinese and Korean sig...

A photo of a display monitor on Japan Railways’ Yamanote line with the caption “[GOOD NEWS] The Yamanote Line no longer displays the names of stations in Chines...

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Unfounded: The man who won the Nobel Prize for developing the PCR methods says, ‘It’s not fit to ide...

“The Nobel Prize winner who developed the PCR method says that it is not fit to identify the virus,” Kunihiko Takeda, a Designated Professor at Chubu University...

Fact-checking

Unsubstantiated information：The main chemical blamed in the blast that rocked the Lebanese capital h...

An article with the headline “The chemical ingredients behind the Lebanon blast – ammonium nitrate – had been imported from South Korea in 2015” was posted on A...

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Unsubstantiated information: German high schools get free tests for the novel coronavirus twice a we...

A tweet claiming “German high schools are offering free saliva tests for the novel coronavirus twice a week,” posted on August 6th was retweeted over 2,900 time...

Fact-checking

Cross-border misinformation: Mystery Seeds Shipped from China are Giant Hogweed

From June to July, there have been a number of cases overseas and in Japan where seeds of unknown plants were delivered in unidentified packages purportedly fro...

Fact-checking

Cross-border misinformation: Video explaining how Apple’s AR glasses work

On July 26, a Japanese tweet sharing a video posted by a user from outside of Japan claimed that the video was “Apple’s AR glasses concept”. This tweet went vir...

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Cross-border misinformation: President of Ghana reveals a Covid-19 conspiracy

On July 20, a Japanese blog titled “President of Ghana reveals Rockefeller Foundation’s planning document” went viral with up to 1,700 retweets on Twitter.

Fact-checking

Cross-border misinformation: Herbicide is the cause behind the tumor covered deer

A photo of a deer covered in tumors with a caption claiming it had eaten plants and trees sprayed with Monsanto's Roundup was posted in Japanese on July 19th an...

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False: WHO changes course; No need to quarantine infected people

A twitter post purportedly showing that the WHO said that coronavirus patients require neither quarantine nor social distancing because “It cannot even transmit...

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【Fact Check】”US CDC stops COVID-19...

【Fact Check】No evidence to support the c...

【Fact Check】FALSE:The image of “rising s...

Misleading: 21,000 Registered Voters in ...

False: NY Times reports 90% of PCR-posit...

Cross-border misinformation: Vladimir Pu...

Cross-border misinformation: Taiwanese m...

Unsubstantiated information: COVID-19 pa...

Timeline of What Chinese Authorities Wer...

Timeline of What Chinese Authorities Wer...

Timeline of What Chinese Authorities Wer...

Timeline of What Chinese Authorities Wer...

The US Data on Fukushima Reveal Tokyo Ex...

Unsubstantiated information: COVID-19 patients in Fukuoka and Gunma commit suicide after suffering...

Unsubstantiated information: Tokyo’s Yamanote railway line stopped displaying Chinese and Korean sig...

Unfounded: The man who won the Nobel Prize for developing the PCR methods says, ‘It’s not fit to ide...

Unsubstantiated information：The main chemical blamed in the blast that rocked the Lebanese capital h...

Unsubstantiated information: German high schools get free tests for the novel coronavirus twice a we...

Cross-border misinformation: Mystery Seeds Shipped from China are Giant Hogweed

Cross-border misinformation: Video explaining how Apple’s AR glasses work

Cross-border misinformation: President of Ghana reveals a Covid-19 conspiracy

Cross-border misinformation: Herbicide is the cause behind the tumor covered deer

False: WHO changes course; No need to quarantine infected people