About Scilla Alecci
Italian living in Tokyo, I am the Japanese language co-editor for Global Voices with Tomomi Sasaki.
ローマ生まれローマ育ちで、2年間前から東京に住んでいます。
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Stories
November 13th, 2009
Japan: Hitler's “Mein Kampf”, the manga version
After more than 80 years since its first publication, Hitler's Mein Kampf has become a Manga comic.
The 190 page volume, which sold some 45,000 copies in the first printing, tells in a very simple way the story of Adolf Hitler, from his childhood to his rise as the leader ...
November 3rd, 2009
East Asia
Damoncoulter, at Demotix, uploaded photos of the anti fur demo that took place in Tokyo on October, 25. According to Damoncoulter “The campaign hoped to raise awareness of the cruelty in the production of fur clothing which has become fashionable again for Japanese youth.”
October 25th, 2009
Japan: Latest survey on poverty destroys the prosperity myth
One Japanese in six is living in poverty says the latest Welfare Ministry report [en]. According to OECD figures [en], Japan has one of the highest poverty rates in the developed world and is 4th after only Mexico, Turkey and the U.S.
In September, Makoto Yuasa, Secretary-general of Anti Poverty ...
October 17th, 2009
Japan: Avatars come to life in the anime Summer Wars
October 11th, 2009
East Asia
Japansubculture publishes an interview [en] with Jake Adelstein, author of the book “Tokyo Vice: an American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan” and former crime reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper.
October 8th, 2009
East Asia
Blogger Satonao tells [ja] about him having dinner with Prime Minister Hatoyama and other politicians in a restaurant of Tokyo on Sept. 30.
On that occasion, he could explain Mr. Hatoyama what Twitter is and exchange a few words on the condition of social media in Japan.
Here are some of Satonao`s tweets [ja] during the dinner.
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