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Tomomi Sasaki

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Japanese Language Co-Editor

I'm the Japanese Language Editor for Global Voices with Scilla Alecci. I also translate for Global Voices in Japanese. Links and suggestions for post topics are always welcome.

I tweet about Web design, technology, social issues, and Japan in English at @tzs and in Japanese at @rippletjp. My personal site is ripplet.org [ja].

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Latest posts by Tomomi Sasaki

9 January 2012

Japan

Serkan Toto rounds up key trends that shaped Japan's web, mobile, and gaming industries in 2011.

Japan

Sophie Knight explores how business culture misunderstandings between Michael Woodford and Olympus might have played a role in the happenings around the fraud exposure.

8 January 2012

Japan

“It’s been a traumatic year for Japan and the Tokyo art world” - William Andrews rounds up what the art world went through in the year 2011 on the Tokyo Art Beat blog.

22 December 2011

Japan: Life Decisions in the Face of Radiation Fear

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The decision to move away differs from the more reactive evacuations that occurred this spring after the initial nuclear disasters. A blogger who decided to stay calls for a more logical understanding of the nuanced undercurrents of our emotional struggles.

8 December 2011

Japan

The Japan for Sustainability blog summarized results of various questionnaires that indicate how Japanese lifestyles and awareness have changed after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Subjects include energy, nature, inter-personal relationships, careers, and marriage.

7 December 2011

Japan

Anthropologist Steven C. Fedorowicz summarizes a recent Contemporary Japan and Globalization class that he taught on the triple disasters following March 11th.

4 December 2011

Japan

Néojaponisme has finished posting five installments for a series on “how marginal subcultures took over a Japanese pop culture with no central core nor leading-edge“, providing a review of the ecosystem for the consumption and production of mainstream and subcultures.

30 November 2011

Japan: I am Isolated in My Workplace

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A poignant cry in the form of an anonymous entry: a blogger's struggles to find a place for himself in his workplace.

27 November 2011

Japan

Cowarp [ja]: There's been a surge of interest around coworking spaces and its culture, and now there's a brand new online magazine for it.

26 November 2011

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“Let Us Dream”: Demonstrating Against Unified Job Hunting in Japan

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On Labor Day, students gathered in Tokyo and Kyoto to rally against the practices of job hunting for fresh graduates.

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