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May 12th, 2008

PangeaDay: an event lived worldwide

Juliana Rincón Parra · 04:14

Pangea Day took place Saturday, and people from different parts of the world got together to watch movies and be a part of the worldwide event where movies, speakers and music showed us a bit of life on the other side of the globe, uniting people from all walks of life to believe that we aren't as different as we would believe. It also included a mobile video contest, with an international lineup of winners. 0 comments · »»

May 11th, 2008

Musical instruments from around the world

Juliana Rincón Parra · 03:56

lingua → mk · sq

Videos with interesting instruments from different corners of the world, including some made from recycled cans and plastic sodabottles, a record of how didgeridoos are made, and a Russian folk song on a hurdy gurdy. 1 comment · »»

May 7th, 2008

Japan: Death Penalty Broadcast, 53 Years Later

Chris Salzberg · 09:38

lingua → ar · bn · mg

An audio tape recorded 53 years ago of a death penalty execution in Japan, aired by Nippon Cultural Broadcasting on May 6th and and by Asahi television's Super Morning show on April 29th, has triggered conversations among bloggers about the country's death penalty system. The 50-minute audio footage, which features the last moments of one unnamed death row inmate, is the first of its kind to have ever been released. 3 comments · »»

May 6th, 2008

Macedonia: Sakura - Cherry Blossom Celebration in Skopje

Filip Stojanovski · 10:04

lingua → mk · pt

Even though very few ethnic Japanese live in the Republic of Macedonia, many locals took part in the second annual celebration of Sakura - the festival of cherry blossoms in Macedonia's capital, Skopje. Organizers of the festivals included some prominent bloggers who recently started a collaborative blog, Japan@mk, and initiated spreading the word through the Macedonian blogosphere. 2 comments · »»

May 2nd, 2008

Global: The price of food, the cost of despair

John Liebhardt · 22:09

lingua → pt · fr · es

The crisis of skyrocketing food prices is affecting all economic groups in every corner of the world. Every day, it seems, high-priced food sends another country lurching through some crisis: demonstrations, riots, rumors of hoarding, falling governments, even deaths. Global Voices is well positioned to follow the nuances of this complex ... 7 comments · »»

Japan: Return of the Gas Tax

Chris Salzberg · 04:12

lingua → bn

Japan's “temporary” gasoline tax of 25 yen per liter of gas, extended for over 30 years and funding some 5000 road construction programs, has been re-instated after a short-lived battle with the opposition, and people aren't happy about it. Bloggers describe their experiences trying to fill up at gas stations in the last day before the gas hike came back into effect on May 1st. 1 comment · »»

April 28th, 2008

Japan: Nagano red for Olympic torch relay

Chris Salzberg · 03:21

The Japanese leg of the Olympic torch relay came to an end on Saturday without serious incident, but many Japanese bloggers who attended the event were left with lasting -- and often bitter -- impressions. With all the red flags, many bloggers pointed out how Nagano, for one day, seemed to transform into China. 33 comments · »»

April 23rd, 2008

Japan: Where has all the butter gone?

Hanako Tokita · 15:03

lingua → hi · de · es · bn · jp · zht · zhs

Where is the butter? -- cry Japanese consumers who have been hunting everywhere for the dairy product. The drastic reduction in raw milk production, complicated by hikes in the price of grain as well as changes in the global patterns of dairy product consumption, have caused a serious butter shortage ... 19 comments · »»

Links

May 12th, 2008

Adamu blogs about his visit to a Shinto Shrine, Yasukuni Jinja, and Yushukan Museum. The Shrine is dedicated to Japan’s war dead while the museum displays the military history of modern Japan through World War II.

May 9th, 2008

Ampontan blogs about government and private sector's plan for meeting the demographic challenge.

May 7th, 2008

Lee from Tokyo Times posted photos of a huge Japanese style kite.

May 6th, 2008

Serkan at Tokyotronic reports on news that a common Web TV standard will be rolled out in Japan as early as next year. Companies involved in the move, such as Sony and Matsushita on the hardware side and acTVila on the Internet service provider side, are attempting to come to an agreement by next month.

Martin J Frid from Kurashi blogs about the Global Article 9 Conference to Abolish War. Here is the conference's opening anime and Nobel Peace Price winner Mairead Corrigan Maguire's speech.

May 5th, 2008

Serkantoto from Asiajin blogs a new webservice for ordering fashion online.