japan

Japan Form Encryption Law

I've heard that Japan has a law that stipulates that all pages that contain forms with personal information must be SSL-encrypted. For example, under this law, a simple contact form with a "name" and "email address" fields would need to be encrypted. Is this true? Does anyone have a link to the details of this law (japanese language...

Any ideas on optimizing this script? (Python)

I'm working on a little script to help me learn the Japanese Kana (Hiragana/Katakana). In total, there are probably 100+ (+||-). Basically, all it would do is take in the english version and convert it to the character. ie. a = 'あ' which is 12354 in decimal What I have so far is this: hiraDict = { "a" : 12354, "i" : 12356 ...} if ...

What technologies should I focus on to work as a developer in Japan?

I'm thinking of one day moving to Japan and I was wondering if anyone here has any experience working there. I'm curious as to what languages/technology are popular there for web development and software development. I have heard Ruby is/was strong there due to its founder being Japanese. What would you recommend someone focus on if t...