· July, 2005

Stories about Japan from July, 2005

Flickr Pick from Japan

28 July 2005

“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...

Flickr Pick from Japan

27 July 2005

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...

Japan: Atom and Anne

21 July 2005

Tokyo Times brings us news of a manga version of the Diary of Anne Frank.

Japan: Skypecast from the sky

21 July 2005

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?

19 July 2005

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...

Inside The Japanese Blogosphere

  18 July 2005

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...

Pacific Rim and East Asia Thursday Blog Roundup

  7 July 2005

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...

Pacific Rim/East Asia Daily Blog Roundup

  6 July 2005

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...