Verdict
thefirsttimes.jp appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | Japanese music and entertainment publication THE FIRST TIMES, featuring news, interviews, columns, artist profiles, live reports, rankings, and THE FIRST TAKE performance content. The supplied content shows ordinary editorial navigation and no sensitive or high-risk user interaction. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 5.2 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by Amazon RSA 2048 M01 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: 3 to 10 years (registration continuity).
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
The website is an established Japanese music and entertainment publication presenting current news, artist interviews and profiles, commentary, live reports, rankings, and performance-focused content associated with THE FIRST TAKE; its apparent business model is conventional media publishing supported by promotion, advertising, sponsorships, or partnerships.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No identity, phishing, impersonation, or other material contradiction was observed. The homepage behaves as an ordinary editorial portal and contains no login prompt, sensitive-data form, cryptocurrency feature, wallet connection, deceptive redirection, or concealed interaction. Its substantive coverage of Japanese artists, releases, concerts, trending songs, and one-take performances is coherent with its stated publishing purpose. External reputation checks were clean, and the domain has an established global audience footprint.
- The homepage provides populated NEWS, INTERVIEW, COLUMN, REPORT, ranking, artist-profile, and performance sections with current editorial articles.
- Homepage analysis found no login form, hidden form, sensitive form, suspicious inline script, cloaking, clipboard manipulation, wallet activity, or brand-impersonation indicator.
- Reputation telemetry recorded 0 malicious and 0 suspicious detections, no search-security warning, no external threat listing, and no matching abuse reports.
- The domain is ranked 71,204 globally and falls within the top one million websites.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The observed activity is entertainment journalism rather than a financial, payment, investment, or other regulated service, so no sector-specific operating licence is indicated by the business model. The site presents copyright information, privacy information, and music-rights licensing references consistent with a professional media property. Its multi-year registration and valid transport certificate further support operational continuity and secure delivery.
- The homepage identifies the publication through a consistent THE FIRST TIMES copyright notice and editorial branding.
- The site provides privacy information and references music-rights licensing within its published material.
- Registered 2021-05-14 (~5.22 years old), with registration valid to 2027-05-31.
- The site’s transport encryption uses a DV TLS certificate issued by Amazon RSA 2048 M01, valid to 2026-12-18.
What to Verify Next
For institutional reliance, content syndication, or commercial engagement, the contracting party should be matched to the legal name and authority shown in the applicable agreement. Publication rights and article attribution should be confirmed for the specific material to be reused, while official social accounts should be reached through the channels linked directly from the site.
- The homepage publishes artist-specific interviews, photographs, song commentary, and live-performance reporting for which reuse rights may vary by item.
- The homepage links to the publication’s presence on YouTube, Instagram, X, and TikTok.
- The supplied homepage contains no transactional or sensitive-data collection form requiring additional payment-security validation.
Summary Verdict
The evidence supports a legitimate, established, and trustworthy editorial website. Its coherent identity, mature publication activity, clean external reputation, and sound technical operation converge without contradictory indicators. Normal interaction, including account login where offered and standard use, is appropriate.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site is delivered through AWS CloudFront, with all observed addresses operating as CDN edge nodes rather than exposed origin infrastructure. This mainstream CDN/WAF arrangement reduces direct origin exposure and supports availability and traffic filtering, although infrastructure protection is a mitigating control rather than independent proof of legitimacy.
- Served from AS16509 (Amazon.com, Inc., US) through AWS CloudFront.
- Four observed edge addresses—3.164.68.102, 3.164.68.127, 3.164.68.31, and 3.164.68.35—belong to AS16509.
Closing Assessment
The site is suitable for ordinary browsing, engagement, and standard account use; institutional or commercial commitments should follow the organization’s routine counterparty and contracting controls.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-03 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | LIKELY |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 76/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 76% |
- Trusted social count=2
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of thefirsttimes.jp.
- The request stayed on thefirsttimes.jp. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by awsdns-02.net, across 4 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-05-31. Noted
- It is hosted on AMAZON-02, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Not available |
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| Hosting | AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 3.164.68.35 |
| Name servers | ns-533.awsdns-02.net, ns-1140.awsdns-14.org, ns-1556.awsdns-02.co.uk, ns-438.awsdns-54.com |
| SSL issuer | Amazon RSA 2048 M01 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-12-18 |
| Domain age | 5.2 years |
| Domain expiry | 2027-05-31 |
| Archive first seen | Not available |
| Archive snapshots | 0 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about thefirsttimes.jp at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.