Stories about Japan from July, 2005
Inside the Japanese Blogosphere – The Anti-Korea Wave
The ever-useful “Ninki Blog Ranking” lists the most-viewed Japanese blogs in a number of different categories. There are blogs for mothers who wish to help their children study more effectively, blogs devoted to tracking the movements of celebrities, and blogs that discuss the best way to diet. And, like any...
Flickr Pick from Japan
“Kimono” by Scott Parish Photographers! We monitor a large number of Flickr feeds every day, looking for photographs that would make good Flickr Picks for Global Voices. If you have a picture that you think would make a good Pick for us and you'd like to make sure we see...
Flickr Pick from Japan
Photograph by Mike Connolly Photographers! We monitor a large number of Flickr feeds every day, looking for photographs that would make good Flickr Picks for Global Voices. If you have a picture that you think would make a good Pick for us and you'd like to make sure we see...
Flickr Pick from Japan
“Maikosan in the Heat” by aakaakaakaakaak
Japan: Atom and Anne
Tokyo Times brings us news of a manga version of the Diary of Anne Frank.
Japan: Skypecast from the sky
Taking advantage of Lufthansa's in-flight internet service, Joi Ito has just recorded and posted the world's first in-flight Skypecast.
Japan: Who is that masked man?
Japanpundit brings us the tale of a professional wrestler-turned-politician who is accused of using public funds to travel to a wrestling match. The wrestler/politician–who refuses to take his mask off during legislative sessions–denies the charges.
Inside The Japanese Blogosphere
Ra, a third-generation Korean resident in Japan, who “has a Japanese name, has the same color of skin, the same way of speaking, and watches the same television” as the Japanese, and even so, is still considered a “foreigner in his home country”, is looking for help translating his popular...
» Blog Archive » Marriage maintenance
Tokyo Times highlights the case of a a businessman who turned to his business books to revive his troubled marriage, with great success.
Pacific Rim and East Asia Friday Blog Roundup
Jinja, who writes the Cambodian blog Webbed Feet, Web log notes the irony that his former boss had only recently left Siem Reap, where the international school had a hostage crisis last month, to go to London. More importantly, though, he looks at the disquieting congruity of ‘good times’ and...
Pacific Rim and East Asia Thursday Blog Roundup
Bloggers.sg, Singapore's upcoming blog conference, gets a short write-up in the Straits Times, reports Mr.Brown. Japanpundit reports that, for the first time, an iced green tea beverage will probably beat out Coca-Cola for the number two spot in Japan's soft-drink wars. The number one spot is held by a brand...
Pacific Rim/East Asia Daily Blog Roundup
Tomorrow.sg announces that Bloggers.sg, the upcoming Singaporean Blogger Conference, has a new venue, as the old one was too small. They also posted an updated conference schedule for the July 16th event. Also in Singapore, Mr.Brown deconstructs the MRT's fare hike adjustment poster. Mongolian-North Korean detente? New Mongols points to...
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