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  2. Archive of Our Own - Wikipedia

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    Archive of Our Own ( AO3) is a nonprofit open source repository for fanfiction and other fanworks contributed by users. The site was created in 2008 by the Organization for Transformative Works and went into open beta in 2009 and continues to be in beta. [ 2] As of 1 July 2024, Archive of Our Own hosts 13,200,000 works in over 66,180 fandoms ...

  3. Names of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese names for Japan are Nihon ( にほん ⓘ) and Nippon ( にっぽん ⓘ ). They are both written in Japanese using the kanji 日本 . During the third-century CE Three Kingdoms period, Japan was inhabited by the Yayoi people who lived in Kyushu up to the Kanto region. They were called Wa in Chinese, and the kanji for their name ...

  4. Legal issues with fan fiction - Wikipedia

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    OTW also maintains its own fan fiction archive, the Archive of Our Own, commonly called AO3. All fan fiction on the site is recognized as non-profit derivative works. [ 41 ] While OTW provides a centralized netspace for fans to acquire knowledge and aid regarding their own creative works, and a voice for the fan community, it does not represent ...

  5. Here's where to get your fanfiction fix while AO3 is down

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    Archive of Our Own (AO3), a popular fan fiction website, is down. And people are distressed. The site has been the victim of a DDoS, or denial-of-service, attack by hacktivist Anonymous Sudan, who ...

  6. Slash fiction - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Slash fiction (also known as "m/m slash" or slashfic) is a genre of fan fiction that focuses on romantic or sexual relationships between fictional characters of the same sex. [ 1][ 2][ 3] While the term "slash" originally referred only to stories in which male characters are involved in an explicit sexual relationship as a primary plot ...

  7. Culture of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The culture of Japan has changed greatly over the millennia, from the country's prehistoric Jōmon period, to its contemporary modern culture, which absorbs influences from Asia and other regions of the world. [ 1] Since the Jomon period, ancestral groups like the Yayoi and Kofun, who arrived to Japan from Korea and China, respectively, have ...

  8. Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands— Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu —and thousands of smaller islands, covering 377,975 square kilometres (145,937 sq mi). With a population of more than 125 million as of 2020, Japan is the 11th most populous country. Tokyo is its capital and largest city.

  9. Japanophilia - Wikipedia

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    Japanophilia is a strong interest in Japanese culture, people, and history. [ 1] In Japanese, the term for Japanophile is "shinnichi" (親日), with " shin (親) " equivalent to the English prefix 'pro-' and " nichi (日) ", meaning "Japan" (as in the word for Japan "Nippon/Nihon" (日本) ). The term was first used as early as the 18th century ...