Comments on: Japan: View from Ecuador on WaiWai “Child Hunt”

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:57:08 +0000

Just a quick hello to any Japanese living in Ecuador! I still haven’t met any 日本人here!

Crazy story of the WaiWai hunt!

Mark

By: Global Voices dalam bahasa Indonesia » Jepang: Tahun 2008 dalam blog Jepang

Global Voices dalam bahasa Indonesia » Jepang: Tahun 2008 dalam blog Jepang — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:12:28 +0000

[...] GV tentang kontroversi WaiWai meliputi terjemahan sebuah artikel oleh orang Jepang yang tinggal di Ekuador pada sebuah blog berjudul Nanmei (南瞑), dan sebuah [...]

By: Miguel

Miguel — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:55:49 +0000

Hello, everyone.

I am an Ecuadorian and I love Japanese culture. Actually, I serve as a TV monitor for NHK World TV. I’ve never heard of this story in the media, and I swear I will not repeat such false story to anybody. The best way to counter a false rumor is by not repeating it, remember it.

Saludos desde Guayaquil!

By: The Truth From JAPAN

The Truth From JAPAN — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:29:43 +0000

Mainichi Shimbun MDN lied again…

Mainichi Shimbun “Mainichi Daily News” lied again!!
What is the newspaper?
The newspaper is a publication that reports the fact of the society.
When the truth is not told, it is not a newspaper.
It is just a political agitation bill.
Mainic…

By: Global Voices Online » Japan: To Japanese women, Waiwai was sexual harassment

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:16:43 +0000

[...] it exploded on the Japanese Internet less than two months ago, the scandal at Mainichi surrounding the newspaper's former weekly [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Japan: Mainichi to shut down website? WaiWai controversy continues

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:13:00 +0000

[...] the latest installment of the ongoing WaiWai saga, news [ja] is climbing the bookmarks [ja] that Mainichi is investigating the possibility of [...]

By: Chris Salzberg

Chris Salzberg — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:17:29 +0000

Just a clarification: the comment by the person who signed their name as “Global Voices Online” does not reflect the opinion of the author of this post, or of Global Voices as an organization, on this issue.

Personally I don’t agree with the comment at all. The outrage about WaiWai targeting Mainichi newspaper may be coming out in extreme ways, but it is not unjustified. The key point in this case is that Mainichi is not just some website, it is Japan’s third largest newspaper and what it publishes carries a certain level of credibility.

Despite arguments to the contrary, there were actually many people who were taking WaiWai articles as fact. (As an example, a report on human trafficking by the Organization of American States actually quoted WaiWai.)

By: klimmer

klimmer — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:29:31 +0000

I gotta agree with Global Voices. People need to chill. WaiWai, as the name itself suggests, was never meant to be taken seriously. If I wanted to read serious Japanese news, I’d read Japan Times, Yomiuri, etc, and not WaiWai. I think its very hypocritical for anyone to say that WaiWai potrays Japanese in a bad light when we see kids and oyagis reading pornography and violent manga on the trains and convenience stores everyday.

By: Global Voices Online » Japan: CNET article on Mainichi scandal sparks huge response

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:15:22 +0000

[...] sources within the newspaper and advertising industries, explaining that public reaction to the recent WaiWai controversy has struck fear not only within Mainichi itself, but within the newsrooms of other Japanese [...]

By: Global Voices Online

Global Voices Online — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:31:47 +0000

I actually enjoyed all of articles translated on to Waiwai. They are all especially the same articles published in the Japanese tabloids which everyone reads anyway. WaiWai was the only place to find translated versions of the same crap which we all enjoy. You choose what junk you want to read and I have to say most printed material is absolute crap especially sports papers and tabloids, but who cares. We know 50% or more on the News is baloney.

By: Noticias GL » La cultura de la anécdota y la realidad distorsionada de Japón

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:44:49 +0000

[...] Members of a nation state – Japan: View from Ecuador on WaiWai “Child Hunt” – “WaiWai is [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Japan: Mainichi’s “Foreign Staff”

Global Voices Online » Japan: Mainichi’s “Foreign Staff” — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:30:42 +0000

[...] the latest step in a long and drawn out controversy, Mainichi newspaper has issued a 3-page official apology in response to the harsh backlash from [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Japan: Is it all over for Mainichi?

Global Voices Online » Japan: Is it all over for Mainichi? — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:34:01 +0000

[...] Ikeda writes in English and in Japanese about the latest step in the drawn-out WaiWai controversy: after a string of earlier statements, Mainichi has issued a 3-page-long official apology, in which [...]

By: Chris Salzberg

Chris Salzberg — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:36:51 +0000

Jason,

With all due respect, I think you’re over-reacting a bit. Many friends I have use the term “san” (in English) in an endearing sense. I really don’t think tomoko was using it to “patronize” you.

By: toshi

toshi — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:11:56 +0000

jason
I’m not going to say to you shut up, but before opening your mouth, why don’t you ask ur mom to buy some toothpaste??? Your mouth stinks.