Stories about Japan from June, 2008
Japan: Bad Comments on South Korea
Robert Koehler from Marmot's Hole quoted from local newspapers about Japanese foreign ministry's homepage's travel advisory on South Korea. The website gives a bad impression on South Korean society.
Japan: Sound Princess
Peter Payne from Japundit introduced a Japan's woman toilet facility called “sound princess”.
Japan: Disturbing Children Program
Ghoti from Japundit posted an animation which has been complained for not being not suitable for children. But the blogger's daughter loves it.
Japan: Mixi and Anonymity
Mixi is Japan's most popular social networking service, with over ten million users. A new competitor has entered the scene, however, with Facebook having just having been localized to Japanese. One blogger comments on the differences between these two SNS and on the problems with Mixi's culture of anonymity, criticizing its reliance on the illusion of "conscience".
