Japan is the second biggest economy in the world, has a population of 128 million and can be proud of its vibrant and innovative Internet market.
However, there is not even a handful of blogs in English covering the Japanese Internet scene.
Just a couple of days before I set up Tokyotronic, Blognation Japan started with my friend Robert Sanzalone as editor. Also, there is Chris Salzberg who together with Hanako Tokita takes care of the "Japan section" at Global Voices, regularly covering the VERY active blogosphere in this country. Robert Cawte's NextWeb Japan and venture capitalist Shin Fukushige's from the inside, looking in are other recommended blogs.
New blog "Asiajin"
However now, Asiajin joined the mission of bringing the latest developments on the Japanese Internet to the public. Asiajin means "Asian people" in Japanese. This blog actually follows a broader approach by covering Asia as a whole and not only Japan - a very good idea!
Asiajin is run by Japanese star programmers Shunichi Arai of Mellowtone (his impressive CV in English can be found here) and Akky Akimoto who is active over at Cyboze. Information on Akky (in English) can be found here. More editors are expected to join in the near future.
Although the blog is officially launched today there is a lot of information to be found already. So please make sure to check it out.
12/13/2007
New blog "Asiajin" launched - definitely recommended reading
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"Just a couple of days before I set up Tokyotronic, Blognation Japan started with my friend Robert Sanzalone as editor. And that's about it..."
Hi Serkan,
You're not going to make many friends with that kind of comment. There are at least a few blogs trying to cover the Japanese blogosphere in English (albeit not enough). A great one is Mutant Frog Travelogue. The Japanese-language coverage at Global Voices, which I am involved in, is another. If you're unaware of what we're doing at GV then I forgive you -- but considering the time we're putting into this (translating dozens of Japanese-language posts every week) a little credit where it's due would be appreciated.
That said, keep up the great blogging.
Hi Chris,
Thank you very much for your comment.
As you can imagine, it is not my intention to make anyone "angry". OF COURSE I now Global Voices (your section is in my RSS) and I just forgot to include you guys. My apologies. I will rephrase the paragraph in my post and include you in my blog roll. Actually I will add another blog I neglected to mention as well.
Concerning Mutant Frog I agree this is a great blog but in my view it is not SPECIFICALLY aimed at "covering the Japanese Internet scene". That is also the reason why I didn't include some of the other excellent Englsih blogs about Japan.
Sorry again and best regards,
Serkan
Hey Serkan,
Thanks very much for the links and the blogroll mention!
Looking back I think my comment came out more than a bit too strong, I'm certainly not angry. Also I agree with you about the scope of MF as a whole. My reference point was Adam's posts about the Japanese-language Internet, which are perceptive and hard to find elsewhere (in English).
Anyway I've added Asiajin to my RSS btw, thanks for the heads up.
Before Yesterday i have tried this website its really good........hope in future they will develop more.
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