For some reason I don’t understand but major Korean media outlets(Chosun,Joongang,Donga,KBS,Yonhap)have Japanese language site.Add to that,you can read Hankyoreh and Korea Herald and Korea Times in English.
If there is any Korean media that has relatively objective coverage on Japan,I’m very much interested to find out,Jason.

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Are you referring to mainstream Korean media or independent media?

http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/a-comparison-of-japanese-and-south-korean-editorials-on-takeshima/

Had you read the above note more carefully, you would have seen that I mentioned “Korean language press”. “Press” does not refer to independent media.

didn’t you ban Steve Barber after he was trying to present his arguments on the Dokdo-Takeshima issue?

No. Steve Barber presented his arguments here in more than 25 notes that were over 1,000 words each. He stopped presenting arguments, ignored legitimate rebuttals, and started acting like he owned the place.

Therefore, I just gave him the same level of access to this site that he gives to other commenters at his site.

Speaking of ignoring rebuttals, you seem not to have read the Japan-Korean amity category (or else you wouldn’t have used the word “hate” in another note). You also are offering no Korean websites with a positive view of Japan, and certainly none at this level of positivity.

I’m beginning to think none exist. Prove me wrong.

Oh, and we’re still waiting for a definition of “neo right-wing”.

I’m beginning to think it’s nothing more than “people who disagree with me”.

You are cordially invited to look at the Categories on the left sideboard and click on the one titled, “Japanese-Korean Amity” and examine all those posts.

Note that all the behavior described in those posts is “Japan as it is”.

You might also scroll through the South Korea category for the many positive posts about Korean cultural traditions.

You might then consider how to reconcile your preconceived notions based on superficial impressions with the reality of three years of a body of work in plain view of the public.

You could also direct us to any Korean site, in any language, whether mass-media related, blog, or government-supported (such as VANK) that has as many positive things to say about Japan as I regularly do about Korea.

Then, consider this: Younger Japanese have been very interested in South Korea in recent years, and naturally read the Japanese-language websites of the South Korean press. It should be no surprise that they were shocked and angered at the egregious omnipresent Japan bashing that appears in articles every day in the SK media.

Apart from the shock of seeing “Korea as it is”, and also having nothing to do themselves with what went on three, four, and more generations ago, another reason for their reaction was that there is no Korea-bashing in the Japanese language press.

In fact, I issue the Ampontan challenge–find any equivalent Korean bashing in the daily Japanese-language press. I’d bet money you’ll come up empty.

If you’ve still got the energy, you could then try and tell us why legitimate criticism of Korean government policies and citizen behavior by anyone is “racist”.

I would also love to know the definition of the term “neo-right wing”. “I know it when I see it” doesn’t count.

In short, Jason, there are more things in Japan than are dreamt of in your philosophy. But be careful. Fantasy always gets bruised in the encounter with empiricism.

Actually, there’s more scientific development going on here than people realize, if not actual inventions, particularly in fields such as medicine and agriculture. Probably telecommunications and computers too, though I don’t know so much about those. Perhaps I should mention more of those stories here.
- A.

It is a great source of information for me, a foreigner who can’t read or understand enough Japanese to keep up with the many important things in Japan.

Reading your blog is rather like sitting down and enjoying a nice glass of atsukan after work on a cold winter day.

Words fail me when I consider the “other” English blog in Japan. He seems to write for himself, you write for the reader. A big difference!

Please keep it up.

Thanks