Stories about Japan from December, 2008
Japan: Ikeda on the Fall of Japanese
Minae Mizumura‘s The Fall of the Japanese Language in the Age of English, which sparked debate recently in Japan on the future of the country's national language, is the subject...
Japan: Print Media in Crisis
Ampontan translated an article from a magazine which gives an overview of the problems faced by the Japanese print media with a few suggestions for overcoming those problems.
Japan: Fukuoka Bar Association requests halt to Street View
Matimulog reports on news that the Fukuoka Bar Association has made a declaration requesting that Google halt its Street View service [ja], launched in August of this year in Japan...
Japan: Spoofing Aso
Englishman posted a few photos spoofing Japan's prime minister Taro Aso's wit in his speech.
Japan: Decorated trains
Edo from Pink Tentacle collects a series of photos on decorated trains in Japan.
Japan: World AIDS Day Series and the Red Walk
As a part of wAds (World Aids Day Series) [jp], the HIV/AIDS prevention and education campaign taking place between October and December, many people this year have again participated in...
Japan: Japanese man living in Mexico City Int'l Airport
Blogger que es que, a Japanese living in Guadalajara (Mexico), commented on news concerning Hiroshi Nohara [en], a Japanese man who has been living for months in the Benito Juarez...
