Nihon Watch: Your Japan Mag-Blog

is formally launching today, November 15, 2007.

We're inviting everyone to check out our new web site!!!


Posting schedule is as follows:

MONDAY
Topic: Manga

TUESDAY
Topic: Fashion and Out of the Box Japan

WEDNESDAY
Topic: J-urban music, culture, and fashion

THURSDAY
Topic: dramas, movies, musicals, and celebrities

Topic: Japanese gadgets

FRIDAY
Topic: J-pop & J-rock music and artists & Japanese food

SATURDAY
Topic: Trivia/Everyday Japan

SUNDAY
Topic: Anime & Japanese games (still looking for a blogger for this)

Thank you very much to all those who submitted their applications. To those I accepted into the team, please wait for further instructions to be sent out next week. We're delaying the launch a bit because we're still looking for more people. The projected date of launch is November 4, 2007.

As of now, Nihon Watch: Your Japan Mag-Blog is STILL looking for more writers. Here are the positions stil open:

5. Anime (including topics about seiyuu and animation studios)

Blogger 1: MitsuiSelphie
Blogger 2: Nikki Hiiragizawa
Blogger 3: Looking

If you know that there's more to anime than Naruto and Bleach, you might be a good fit. We're not only looking for those interested in anime though. We need someone who's keeping abreast with news about anime, seiyuu, and animation studios.

6. Manga (including news about manga-ka and publishers)

Blogger 1: MitsuiSelphie
Blogger 2: DeVelicious
Blogger 3: Looking

We're looking for someone who's keeping tab on what's hot and new in the manga industry for shounen, shoujo, yaoi and yuri (yes, for EVERYTHING). If you know the terms Ribon, Jump, BeBeautiful, Inoue Takehiko, CLAMP, and Yamato Nase, then you might be a good fit.


10. Japanese Games

Blogger 1: Looking

We're looking for a gaming fanatic who's got a predilection for Japanese games. Basically we're looking for someone who keeps abreast with what's new in the Japanese gaming scene and could write: reviews of Japanese games, news on upcoming games, news on what's hot, up and about in Japanese gaming studios, etc. etc.

To apply, please see my prior post. I'm still accepting MORE applications for all the subcultures mentioned. If you don't think you can join us, please tell your friends and your friends' friends about us. Thank you very much!

8. Japan correspondent

This one's optional. We're looking for a non-Japanese (or a Japanese who's been raised abroad) who's currently living in Japan to blog about the current happenings from the country itself. We're expecting a LOT of pictures from our Japan correspondent if we're lucky enough to find one.


To Apply

To apply, please email me the following:

1. The topic you're applying for
2. Why you think you're an expert in the topic
3. A link to or an attachment of an existent blog post/fan fic/story/anything which could demonstrate your writing abilities.

Send your applications to mitsuiselphie[@]nihonwatch.com with the subject "Nihon Watch Application: [insert your topic here]"

In follow up to this post about Nihon Watch looking for writers, I'd like to add one thing.

There's still another topic we'd like to open:

10. Japanese Games

Blogger 1: Looking

We're looking for a gaming fanatic who's got a predilection for Japanese games. Basically we're looking for someone who keeps abreast with what's new in the Japanese gaming scene and could write: reviews of Japanese games, news on upcoming games, news on what's hot, up and about in Japanese gaming studios, etc. etc.

To apply, please see my prior post. I'm still accepting MORE applications for all the subcultures mentioned. If you don't think you can join us, please tell your friends and your friends' friends about us. Thank you very much!

Hi everyone!

I am the owner and instigator of the Nihon Watch: Your Japan Mag-Blog project. The blog's still empty but if you want to take a look at it, then have a go.

The Theme of the Blog

The blog's theme is "How outsiders (non-Japanese who live in or outside Japan or Japanese who were raised outside the country) who have a predilection for the Japanese culture see the country as"

The Mechanics of the Blog

The blog tackles SEVEN different topics (more in the future) which are related to the many different Japanese subcultures. Each topic is allotted its own day and its own blogger. Which brings us to the purpose of this post...

( Read more after the cut )

To Apply

To apply, please email me the following:

1. The topic you're applying for
2. Why you think you're an expert in the topic
3. A link to or an attachment of an existent blog post/fan fic/story/anything which could demonstrate your writing abilities.

Send your applications to mitsuiselphie[@]nihonwatch.com with the subject "Nihon Watch Application: [insert your topic here]"