Gigazine
Type of site | News website, blog |
|---|---|
| Available in | Japanese, English |
| Headquarters | Osaka, Japan |
| Owner | OSA Inc. |
| Founder(s) | Keito Yamasaki |
| Editor | Keito Yamasaki |
| Website | gigazine |
| Launched | 1 April 2000 |
| Current status | Active |
Gigazine (stylised GIGAZINE; Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) is a Japanese news website published in blog format by OSA Inc. Launched on 1 April 2000, it covers technology, science, internet culture, anime, food, and product reviews, and also runs translations of articles from foreign websites.[1][2] The name is a portmanteau of "giga" and "magazine", coined to suggest a gigabyte-class online magazine.[1]
History
The site was founded by Keito Yamasaki while he was an economics student at Kwansei Gakuin University. After graduating, Yamasaki worked in the editorial department of the magazine Netrunner at SoftBank Publishing and became deputy editor of livedoor Computer at Livedoor in 2004. He left the company in May 2005 to head OSA Inc., his family's business, and to concentrate on running Gigazine.[1] The site moved to a blog format in 2006 and shifted from individual to team-based editorial operation the same year.[1] An English-language edition was launched on 31 March 2008.[2]
In 2008, The Guardian included Gigazine in its list of the world's fifty most powerful blogs,[3] and Time listed it among its Top 25 Blogs in the magazine's first annual blog index.[4] In 2010, to mark the site's tenth anniversary, Asahi Shimbun Publications published a book by Yamasaki based on the site.[2]
Warehouse demolition dispute
In February 2019, a warehouse in Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka used by Yamasaki's family was partially demolished by contractors without the family's consent amid a dispute with the landowner, an incident the site documented extensively and which became known in Japanese media as the "Gigazine warehouse destruction incident" (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.).[5] In the ensuing civil litigation over the land, the Osaka District Court ruled against the Gigazine side in March 2021, and the Osaka High Court dismissed its appeal in September 2021, after which the judgment became final.[5][6] The warehouse was demolished under court-ordered execution in November 2021.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 キミはGIGAZINEを知っているか？――山崎恵人さん. ITmedia (in 日本語). 31 July 2006. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "About GIGAZINE". Gigazine. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
- ↑ "The world's 50 most powerful blogs". The Guardian. 9 March 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
- ↑ "The Top 25 Blogs - Time.com's First Annual Blog Index". Time. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 GIGAZINE倉庫破壊事件、控訴審でも編集長が敗訴 「契約書偽造」の主張認められず. Bengo4.com (in 日本語). 17 September 2021.
- ↑ 「GIGAZINE倉庫破壊事件」編集長側の敗訴確定 建物の撤去と土地明け渡しへ. Bengo4.com (in 日本語). 5 October 2021.
- ↑ Tsukada, Kenshin (22 November 2021). GIGAZINE倉庫、朝から取り壊し始まる 合意得られず強制執行. Bengo4.com (in 日本語).
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