frontandcentre said...

frontandcentre at 03:10 PM JST - 30th June

My comment was not accepted. It seems that they really do not want any constructive criticism, in spite of saying that they encourage readers to post.

Why should they apply any different standards to what they allow on their forum than they now do to their willingness to translate Japanese…

Posted in Mainichi's English site shuts down one column criticized for being 'too vulgar' at 03:10 PM JST - 30th June
frontandcentre at 07:24 PM JST - 25th June

You know there's a funny thing about Japan - for me that's the way that the fact a complaint has been made seems to be far more significant than who made it, why, or whether there's any merit to it whatsoever. It's rather like the wide-eyed refusal of many Japanese…

Posted in What do you think of the Mainichi's decision to cease publishing its WaiWai tabloid tidbits section on its English online site following complaints that it portrays Japanese society in a negative light to the world? at 07:24 PM JST - 25th June
frontandcentre at 04:49 PM JST - 25th June

wilbur - I think it's quite apt that they're making their feelings known in a way that would never be permitted by the unelected, illegitimate criminal junta who run Burma.

Posted in 50,000 signatures presented over Japanese journalist slain in Myanmar at 04:49 PM JST - 25th June
frontandcentre at 03:12 PM JST - 25th June

The US Presidential election is about selecting a secular leader, not a religious one. I wish that both sides would keep religion out of it. The Bible's such a long shaggy dog story that you can probably find quotes in it which would appear to support alomost anything

Posted in Obama dismisses Dobson criticism about Bible at 03:12 PM JST - 25th June
frontandcentre at 02:55 PM JST - 25th June

Gavinova, would be interesting to know whether they are upset with the Weeklies' publishers as well? I suppose not. To me it seems like massive double standards to say that it's OK to publish something in one language but that - even if properly translated - it should not be…

Posted in Mainichi's English site shuts down one column criticized for being 'too vulgar' at 02:55 PM JST - 25th June
frontandcentre at 02:42 PM JST - 25th June

Wilbur:

protesting against something thats already happened and is irreversible is kinda pointless don't you think ?

Nope - it's often difficult to protest about somebody being shot dead by government troops before it happens..

Posted in 50,000 signatures presented over Japanese journalist slain in Myanmar at 02:42 PM JST - 25th June
frontandcentre at 02:40 PM JST - 25th June

Gavinova - are they upset about Waiwai, or upset about it getting pulled?

Posted in Mainichi's English site shuts down one column criticized for being 'too vulgar' at 02:40 PM JST - 25th June
frontandcentre at 02:36 PM JST - 25th June

Yep, I do have a feeling that no distinction might be made between 300 complaints from the same person and 300 from different parties, especially if an external 'reason' was required to shut WW down.

Waiwai was entertainment, trivia and salacious comment on some Japanese news stories - it was…

Posted in Mainichi's English site shuts down one column criticized for being 'too vulgar' at 02:36 PM JST - 25th June
frontandcentre at 02:23 PM JST - 25th June

Northlondon:

Lived in London all my life and been in Tokyo for 8 1/2 years now

Eh?? Gotta wonder about that statement... I do agree with the main point you are making though. London's a much more attractive city than Tokyo (largely because of the parks and the fact that…

Posted in Fukuoka voted best city in world for shopping at 02:23 PM JST - 25th June
frontandcentre at 01:12 PM JST - 25th June

P.S. - I love the way the Mainichi describes pulling the column altogether and punishing the people who edited it, as "a fundamental re-think". If there were factual errors in the translation of a particular story - or the original story itself was incorrect - then why not just name…

Posted in What do you think of the Mainichi's decision to cease publishing its WaiWai tabloid tidbits section on its English online site following complaints that it portrays Japanese society in a negative light to the world? at 01:12 PM JST - 25th June