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It's one of the most annoying things about the internet - hundreds of emails from bizarre companies flooding inboxes. 上网最让人恼火的事莫过于五花八门的公司发来的几百封电子邮件塞满了邮箱。 But now officials in Japan have banned spamin a desperate bid to crackdown on the practice. 为了彻底打击这种行为，日本近日颁布法规，禁止发送垃圾邮件。 The country has been flooded with cyberattacks on a series of government offices, corporations and individuals in recent years. 近年来，日本很多政府部门、公司、个人都曾遭受大规模的网络攻击。 Authorities have struggled to tackle the growing problem without any concrete law allowing them to track down offenders. 相关部门已尽力处理日益增长的类似问题，但此前并没有明确的法规允许他们追捕网络攻击案件的罪犯。 The new law criminalising the creation or distribution of computer virusesand spam emails was passed in Japanese parliament last Friday. 根据上周五日本国会通过的一项新法律，制造传播电脑病毒、或发送垃圾邮件都将面临法律制裁。 Distributing a computer virus now could now carry a three year jail sentence or a fine of 500,000 yen (￡3,850). 传播电脑病毒将面临三年监禁、或50万日元（合3850英镑）罚款。 | 
