The 外邦図デジタルアーカイブ (digital archive of gaihōzu, “maps of foreign lands”) on the Tōhoku University library website looks like a great resource for students of wartime history, cartography buffs, or people interested in Asian geography in general. Some of the maps are Japanese productions, but others were taken (stolen?) from other sources. The maps of Guam, [...]
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Mangled Mifune on the Menu
A very quick heads-up to a translator who wants to make an interesting (and potentially delicious) cold call: 料理屋「三船」 (Ryōri-ya Mifune) is a restaurant that takes the great actor Mifune Toshirō as its theme. Part of me hopes this means Belushi-style swordplay à la “Samurai Delicatessen,” but the place looks like it’s shooting for something [...]
LinkedIn’s localization problem
LinkedIn is supposed to be like Facebook for grownups. A place to network online in a business context. “Our mission,” the site purposefully states, “is to connect the world’s professionals to accelerate their success.” This makes its latest overture to the translators among its membership an offensive one. This post gives the gory details, but [...]
Yomiuri archives free this month
A common lament among Japan observers is the horrible state of online news archives. Once upon a time the Saga Shimbun had a great archive going back to the dawn of its Web existence. It was shut down, probably at the insistence of Kyodo et al., whose wire articles were also available going back to [...]
Blog on Asian security, win a prize
This message just got sent out on the NBR Japan Forum. Given my dedication to blogging it isn’t something I’ll be shooting for, but it may be of interest to other people out there in the more serious corners of Asia-based web writing. The MacArthur Foundation has extended their deadline for their new Asia Security [...]
