Internet hoax sees China invade Japan
An AFP newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
A fictitious article saying Chinese troops invaded the Japanese island of Okinawa was seen on a bogus Japanese-language Yahoo News website at the height of tensions between the two Asian neighbours.
The article, which was wrongly credited to Japan's Kyodo news agency, reported that the US Department of Defense announced the "invasion" early Tuesday.
Both Kyodo News and Yahoo Japan quickly denied they had anything to do with the story and said they were considering legal action although the identity of the perpetrators was unknown.
"US forces as well as Japanese self-defense forces are exchanging fire in the skies over Okinawa at the moment," the bogus news item read.
posted by Fergie @ 10/19/2005 05:19:00 AM
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