Stories from 12 March 2007
Japan: police behind racist mag?
Debito explains why he believes that Japan police was involved in the racist publication: GAIJIN HANZAI.
Japan: self-injury
James blogs about a recent survey by Japan Health Ministry: 15% of Japanese women between the ages of 20 and 24 cut themselves.
Japan: salmon skin
Researchers from Hokkaido University have created artificial blood vessels using collagen derived from the skin of salmon – more from Pink Tentacle.
Japan: abortion law
Joe from Multantfrog discusses about the abortion law in Japan. Its origin is related to the Eugenic Protection Act, which is to prevent the birth of progeny which are undesirable from a eugenic standpoint, while protecting the life and health of mothers.
South Korea: International Woman's Day
Voice of the people has a photo essay on the International Woman's Day.
South Korea: school uniform
The price of uniform becomes a talking point in South Korea, Matt has a summary of the issue at stake.
Afghanistan: Free Press
Safrang says that Afghanistan does not have a free press.
Kazakhstan: Corporate Management
KZBlog reports that Kazakhstan's government plans to adopt corporate management structures for government ministries.
Armenia: Early Advertising
The CRD/TI Armenia Election Monitor 2007 reports that campaign advertisements are going up in Yerevan despite such ads not yet being legally allowed.
Afghanistan: Culture or Conflict?
Afghanistanica examines whether the lack of protection of women's rights in Afghanistan is the result of culture or conflict.
Georgia: Impressions
Onnik Krikorian writes some of his impressions of Georgia, saying that it is doing far better than Armenia on many counts.
Jamaica: Cricket World Cup opening ceremony
The W.E.C. group blog reviews the opening ceremony of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, which took place yesterday in Jamaica.
Trinidad & Tobago: New Shakespeare play?
“How this previously unknown Shakespeare play came to be in the West Indian Reference Library in Port of Spain I don't know,” writes blogger Jeremy Taylor, as he runs an excerpt from the aforementioned work, which describes events bearing “an uncanny resemblance to events in Trinidad and Tobago this last...
Jamaica: On Islamic fundamentalism
Jamaican novelist Marlon James weighs in on the actions of Ahmed Akkari, who circulated a suspicious photocopy designed to inflame Muslim sensibiliites à la the Danish cartoons.
Jamaica: What makes a work memorable?
Jamaican writer Geoffrey Philp asks: “what makes a work of literature memorable right now.”
Russia: Slain Journalists
Sean's Russia Blog writes about the 20 journalists who have been killed since Vladimir Putin became Russia's president.
Russia: Major Auditing Firm's Tax Problems
Siberian Light reports on PricewaterhouseCoopers’ recent brush with tax police in Moscow.
Eastern Europe: Social Anthropology
In an interview at antropologi.info, Vytis Ciubrinskas, a Lithuanian social anthropologist, talks about the problems that exist in his field in Lithania and elsewhere in Eastern Europe.
Russia: Salaries and Workload
White Sun of the Desert discusses Russian salaries (low) and the workload they cover (not too intense).
Russia: SakhalinExpats.com Forum
Tim Newman of White Sun of the Desert sets up an online forum for Sakhalin expats: “Considering the number of expats here and the size of the oil and gas projects both present and future, it always surprised me how little information is available to anyone coming here, or indeed...
Guatemala: Purification after Bush's Visit
Ecuadorean-Mexican blogger Eduardo Arcos can't help but draw attention to the fact that some indigenous Guatemalan organizations will purify holy places [ES] following the visit of George W. Bush. Arcos adds, “I still don't understand why Bush insists on visiting Latin American countries. Nobody wants him.”
