Gigazine
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Type of site | News website, blog |
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| Available in | Japanese, English |
| Headquarters | Osaka, Japan |
| Owner | OSA Inc. |
| Founder | Keito Yamazaki |
| URL | gigazine |
| Launched | 1 April 2000 |
| Current status | Active |
Gigazine (stylised GIGAZINE; Japanese: ギガジン) is a Japanese tech news website published in blog format that launched on April 1, 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 site as an online magazine.[1]
History
[edit source]The site was founded by Kwansei Gakuin University alumnus and current editor-in-chief Keito Yamazaki (Japanese: 山崎恵人). He incorporated the Gigazine editorial department in 2006.[3] An English-language edition was launched on March 31, 2008.[2]
In 2008, The Guardian and Time recognized GIGAZINE as a very popular blog in Japan and globally influential in general.[4][5] In 2010, to mark the site's tenth anniversary, Asahi Shimbun Publications published a book by Yamazaki based on the site.[6] In 2021, all Gigazine content was removed from the Internet Archive.
Warehouse demolition
[edit source]In February 2019, a Gigazine warehouse in Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka was partially demolished 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" (Japanese: GIGAZINE倉庫破壊事件).[7] In the ensuing civil litigation over the land, the Osaka District Court ruled against Gigazine in March 2021, and the Osaka High Court dismissed its appeal in September 2021, after which the judgment became final.[7][8] The warehouse was fully demolished under court-ordered execution in November 2021.[9]
References
[edit source]- 1 2 キミはGIGAZINEを知っているか？――山崎恵人さん. ITmedia (in Japanese). 2006-07-31. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
- 1 2 "About GIGAZINE". Gigazine. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
- ↑ "山崎恵人｜プロフィール｜HMV&BOOKS online". HMV&BOOKS online.
- ↑ Aldred, Jessica; Behr, Rafael; Cochrane, Lauren; Hind, John; Pickard, Anna; Potter, Laura; Wignall, Alice; Wiseman, Eva; Astell, Amanda (9 March 2008). "The world's 50 most powerful blogs". The Guardian.
- ↑ McNichol, Tom (2007). "The Top 25 Blogs - Time.com's First Annual Blog Index - TIME". time.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2008.
- ↑ 山崎, 恵人 (2010-12-07). GIGAZINE (ed.). GIGAZINE 未来への暴言. 朝日新聞出版. ISBN 9784023308718.
- 1 2 塚田賢慎 (2021-09-17). 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 (in Japanese). 弁護士ドットコムニュース.
- ↑ 塚田賢慎 (2021-10-05). 「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 (in Japanese). 弁護士ドットコムニュース.
- ↑ 塚田賢慎 (2021-11-22). GIGAZINE倉庫、朝から取り壊し始まる 合意得られず強制執行 (in Japanese). 弁護士ドットコムニュース.