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Japan: Washington Post on the Japanese Blogosphere

Categories: East Asia, North America, Japan, U.S.A., Arts & Culture, Breaking News, Media & Journalism, Politics, Technology, Blogger Profiles

An article [1] in the Washington Post describes Japanese bloggers as the “humble giants of the web”, a characterization which blogger Adamu at Mutant Frog Travelogue blasts for its inaccuracies and stereotypes [2]. He writes: “this dichotomy of Japan as meek navel gazers and Americans as gung-ho self-branding showoffs is totally false”, citing examples of plans for web censorship [3] in Japan and the recent “Terabutadon incident [4]“.