Japanese companies join forces to fight spam, AFP, 15 Mar 2005

“Some 30 Japanese companies including leaders in the computer and mobile phone industries said they would form a body to fight spam, saying the country was lagging behind in stopping e-mail abuse. The firms in a statement said they would set up the Japan E-mail Anti-abuse Group to attack spam at the technical level, saying Japan until now only had groups to address the problem from a legal angle.�

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