Japan found Twitter plus other social media sites highly useful as a means of communicating with agencies around the globe during the big tsunami and earthquake in 2011.
Online users relying on Twitter and Mixi, a local website, grew significantly because of the huge need for information and updates related to the catastrophies and how the victims were coping with the events. People from all over the world continued to keep in touch and received updates regularly to know more about the subsequent happenings.
Today, Twitter and other mobile devices remain very efficient and useful when it comes to getting news.
Thousands of Japanese citizens are trying to determine the full capacity of Twitter and other social media sites in providing quick information and formulating emergency support plans during times of catastrophe.
Twitter, Mixi and Yahoo Japan pooled in to know more about the options and advantages that may be acquired with the use of mobile applications and devices.
Japan Tests Twitter As An Emergency Notification Service
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