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Proof: Missed the JLPT? Here’s what you can do next

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-02T09:02:19Z","headline":"Missed the JLPT? Here’s what you can do next","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"japantimes","url":"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/02/japan/jlpt-test-alternatives/","v":1}

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SHA-256

254ddfa3694138d2f3878ec0a880b7d7dca0a92b121b3178444c45754af5462b

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969564, mined 2026-10-02 09:08 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageThe Wayback Machine could not capture this page: error:job-failed.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-02 09:07 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-254ddfa36941.json prints 254ddfa3694138d2f3878ec0a880b7d7dca0a92b121b3178444c45754af5462b. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-254ddfa36941.json and headline-254ddfa36941.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-254ddfa36941.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 5 min after it was first seen.