Media consumption in Japan | 世論 What Japan Thinks

Media consumption in Japan | 世論 What Japan Thinks. Hm. PC Internet use is way higher than mobile phone internet use. PC Internet use (on a daily basis)  lags slightly behind TV. Daily readers of newspapers are still high at 54%.

Why I don’t watch TV talk shows

These words by Frank Chodurov, an obdurate individualist now sadly deceased, exactly express why I don’t watch those discussion shows on Japanese tv: Listening to panel discussions is equally silly. This will be seen when the conditions of the performance are considered. Four men and a moderator undertake to expound their view on a subject [...]

Teaching in Japan: the Way of the Dragon

Image via Wikipedia The scene: a highschool gym which also serves as assembly hall. The hall is filled with rowdy students.  A stranger takes the podium. No-one pays him the slightest attention. He stands there gazing around at the chattering students. “Why don’t you say something?” asks a girl at the front, “you peed in [...]