In an effort to better connect with the young, apathetic, often non-voting population, new PM Taro Aso is sending out video messages to supporters via email called the "Taro Channel" (quite possibly a parody of Nintendo's Wii Channel.) The first one was sent out on Thursday with the theme Stronger, Brighter. I wish I could find a copy of it on YouTube, but I'm in the south of France and for some reason YouTube is blocked here—or at least at this hotel.
« Robotic plant nods enthusiastically when you talk | Main | Alarm clock stops only when you shoot it with a gun »
October 04, 2008
TrackBack
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d8341c5d3253ef0105353344ce970b
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference New prime minister appeals to web-savvy with video messages:
Comments
Verify your Comment
Previewing your Comment
This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.
Your comment could not be posted. Error type:
Your comment has been posted. Post another comment
As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.
Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.
About
Lisa Katayama's personal blog.
My Bio
- I write articles about culture, technology, and human rights for Wired, Popular Science, Fast Company, and the New York Times Magazine. I also produce radio segments for PRI's Studio360 and am a Correspondent for Boing Boing, one of Time Magazine's five most essential blogs of 2010.
In 2008, Chronicle published my book: Urawaza: Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan.
I am also the founder of The Tofu Project, a boutique program that helps Japanese entrepreneurs and creators think deeper, tell better stories, and go out into the world in a much bigger way. We work with companies like Mixi, Japan Airlines, and Salesforce.com.
Sometimes I try to explain Japanese culture on CNN, BBC, CBC, WSJ, ABC (so many acronyms!) or in person at places like the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, ETech, and Ignite!
Follow me on Twitter
Become a Facebook Fan
Read some of my published magazine stories
Send tips to mango [at] tokyomango [dot] com
MY BOOK
- My book, Urawaza: Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan, was published in April 2008. Get it now!
TokyoMango on Twitter
Recent Posts
- New app lets you choose what you dream about
- A plastic banana case for your real banana
- The transformation of a gyaru
- Table for Two, a cool non-profit that aims to solve hunger and obesity at the same time
- Artist Riusuke Fukahori's amazing goldfish art
- Gokiburi hoi hoi, a wonderful home for annoying cockroaches
- Strange man plays a flute made from a cabbage
- Yayoi Kusama's latest: obliteration room
- Happy New Year from TokyoMango!
- Super sexy Mai Shoji's weather forecast on NHK World
Video: (I think)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGdOEiY1KYw
Official Aso web site:
http://www.aso-taro.jp/index.html
Link to newsletter et al.
http://www.kantei.go.jp/
Lisa, you may want to use something like Ultrasurf.
It will help you get "around" things like the kids have to do in China.
http://www.sizlopedia.com/2008/03/14/10-free-tools-to-bypass-firewalls-and-access-blocked-websites/
Posted by: vagrant | October 04, 2008 at 12:53 PM