Japanese businessman attend a Shinto purification ceremony at the Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo aimed at fending off viruses and software glitches in their computers.Japanese Japanese (jăp'ənēz`), language of uncertain origin that is spoken by more than 125 million people, most of whom live in Japan. There are also many speakers of Japanese in the Ryukyu Islands, Korea, Taiwan, parts of the United States, and businessman attend a Shinto purification purification, in religion, the ceremonial removal of what the religion deems unclean. The usual agents of purification are water (as in baptism), bodily alteration (as in circumcision), and fire. ceremony at the Kanda Myojin Shrine shrine: see pilgrim. in Tokyo aimed at fending off viruses and software glitches in their computers. The ceremony was conducted by a Shinto priest. Shinto, Japan's oldest religion, emphasizes rituals over sacred icons and texts. It's estimated that computer viruses caused well over $100 billion in damages to business worldwide in 2003. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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