Stories about Japan from January, 2008
Japan: Kizasi
Serkantoto at Asiajin introduces readers to the Japanese blog search engine and analyzer Kizasi.
Japan: Wasabi Plant
Want to grow wasabi in your apartment? Harvey from JapanNewbie has the experience to share.
Japan: Changing New Year Celebrations
New Year's Day is the most important holiday for many people in Japan, where anything "first of the year" bears a special value: first day of the year, first sunrise, first dream, first sales...
Japan: The other side of the chasm
From the perspective of global communication, one may say that the world today is divided into two groups: those who are connected to the Internet and those who are not. The "chasm" between these two worlds was the topic of a post last week at the Uncategorizable Blog, where the question was posed: How does the world of Internet users look to someone who is not connected? In a post entitled "The other side of the chasm," blogger essa draws on the relationship between uni- and multicellular life, and the relationship between humans and their dogs, to suggest a possible answer.
Japan: Top 50 blogs
Serkan at Tokyotronic translates a list of Japan's 50 top blogs (according to Technorati) into English.
Japan: Outlawing illegally-reproduced content
Andreas at Chosaq writes about moves in Japan to outlaw illegally-reproduced content.
Japan: Rice Cooker Test
James from Japan Probe blogs a local test on the relation between rice cooker and the taste of rice.
Japan: Top blogger calls it quits, again
Asiajin reports that Wakatsuki Chinatsu, Japan's top blogger, who in late November declared that she would take a break from blogging only to change her mind [ja] shortly thereafter, has decided to call it quits for real this time.
