[lit-ideas] Re: News via the web
- From: John McCreery <mccreery@xxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:06:48 +0900
On 2004/04/05, at 11:48, Omar Kusturica wrote:
> Until we learn to read Japanese, Japan's main
> English-language newspaper can be checked out here:
>
> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
>
> I've been following it for some time and it seems to
> me that is a fair amount of thoughtful and detailed
> discussions.
>
>
Do remember, though, that (1) the Japan Times is very much the
"official" English-language face of Japan and (2) contains only a
fraction of what is covered in the major Japanese language dailies.
Also, in terms of English-daily circulation, the Japan Times is now, I
believe, smaller than the Daily Yomiuri:
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/index-e.htm
For a glimpse of the world as seen in weekly magazines, check out
Weekly Post, whose circulation is the largest of the weeklies:
http://www.weeklypost.com/jp/
Please note, however, that the on-line version both in Japanese and
(still more so) in English are bowdlerized. Neither site includes the
comics and naked ladies that spice up the print edition.
For a taste of the visual flavor of the print edition, check out the
*nakazuri* (a type of ad suspended from the ceilings of train and
subway cars) at
http://www.weeklypost.com/jp/040409jp/hung/naka.html
John L. McCreery
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