World's Biggest YouTuber PewDiePie Moves to Japan

PewDiePie, the world's biggest YouTuber, has moved to Japan with his wife and two dogs John Lamparski GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File
PewDiePie, the world's biggest YouTuber, has moved to Japan with his wife and two dogs John Lamparski GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File
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World's Biggest YouTuber PewDiePie Moves to Japan

PewDiePie, the world's biggest YouTuber, has moved to Japan with his wife and two dogs John Lamparski GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File
PewDiePie, the world's biggest YouTuber, has moved to Japan with his wife and two dogs John Lamparski GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File

The world's top YouTube star, Swedish gaming streamer PewDiePie, has moved to Japan after the country relaxed its Covid-19 entry rules for some visa-holders.

The 32-year-old has a huge online following, with 111 million subscribers on YouTube, but has faced controversy over offensive jokes in the past, AFP said.

He posted a video this week documenting his arrival with his wife and dogs in Japan, which has some of the strictest virus border controls in the world.

"For so long we doubted whether we could even make this move, and we went through all the ups and downs, and obviously it's been a really long journey," said the streamer, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg.

"But I just really, really appreciate everyone who was supportive of us going... it just feels amazing to be here, finally."

Japan has allowed in foreign business visitors, students and other new residents since March but remains closed to tourists, although the prime minister has pledged a gradual easing of the rules from next month.

Details of who will be allowed to enter and when are yet to be announced, although Japanese media reports say group tours may be first to resume and that the government is discussing scrapping Covid-19 testing on arrival.

Japan welcomed a record 31.9 million foreign visitors in 2019 and had been on track to achieve its goal of 40 million in 2020 before the pandemic hit.

Kjellberg, who previously lived in Britain, said in 2019 he had bought a house in Japan.

The star has landed himself in hot water several times, including over videos containing anti-Semitic remarks and racial slurs, and in 2016 he was temporarily blocked from Twitter after joking he had joined the ISIS group.

Kjellberg also previously said he was "sickened" after hearing that the gunman behind the 2019 New Zealand mosque massacre had promoted his videos before opening fire.



LinkedIn CEO to Take over Office, More AI Duties in Microsoft Executive Shuffle

A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed LinkedIn logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. (Reuters)
A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed LinkedIn logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. (Reuters)
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LinkedIn CEO to Take over Office, More AI Duties in Microsoft Executive Shuffle

A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed LinkedIn logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. (Reuters)
A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed LinkedIn logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. (Reuters)

The CEO of LinkedIn will take additional responsibility for Microsoft's Office products, while an executive responsible for one of the company's leading business-to-business artificial intelligence products will start reporting to head of the company's Windows unit, according to a memo from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella viewed by Reuters.

Ryan Roslansky, who oversees the business-focused social network owned by Microsoft, will remain CEO of LinkedIn but also oversee products such as Word and Excel and also "Copilot," Microsoft's leading AI product, within the company's productivity software suite, the memo said.

Roslansky will report to Rajesh Jha, who oversees Microsoft Windows and Teams, among other duties. The memo said existing Office leaders Sumit Chauhan and Gaurav Sareen will report to Jha as well.

Also moving to report to Jha will be Charles Lamanna, who leads "Copilot" for business and industrial users, the memo said.