gerard 6 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 ...and J. Times fer sure. DY's right wing. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 They really are both rubbish aren't they. That's all. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Originally Posted By: ger ...and J. Times fer sure. DY's right wing. Asahi bin left wing and Yomiuri right wing. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 waste of trees Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Originally Posted By: thursday waste of trees Reading the paper version feels relaxing and luxurious. Reading the electronic version feels like downing fast food. Illogical, perhaps, but there it is. Paper also handles morning coffee spills more gracefully. Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Originally Posted By: Jynxx Originally Posted By: ger ...and J. Times fer sure. DY's right wing. Asahi bin left wing and Yomiuri right wing. really - i always thought it was the opposite....not that i read them much these days. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Originally Posted By: stemik Originally Posted By: Jynxx Asahi bin left wing and Yomiuri right wing. really - i always thought it was the opposite....not that i read them much these days. You can tell by the difference in vocabulary levels they use. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 AND Nikkei is the best. Sure, we hear that all the time. Bin said 30 years ago. Snobbery . Frankly I can't tell except that a lot of Japanese don't talk all that much and the vocabulary is ever changing. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 dudes, its the English version of the Japanese press. What vocabulary? Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Thing get carried away these days, don't they ? Apples and pears. 997 Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Originally Posted By: Jynxx AND Nikkei is the best. Sure, we hear that all the time. Bin said 30 years ago. Snobbery . Frankly I can't tell except that a lot of Japanese don't talk all that much and the vocabulary is ever changing. All I know is that the Asahi sends me reaching for the dictionary a lot more often than the Yomiuri. Nikkei certainly has a lot of investing/economics jargon, but Asahi is more all-around challenging. Thursday, if you want to talk about the English versions, the Yomiuri's English website reads to me like a tabloid. Much less professional-seeming than the others. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 erm... this is a thread about the English language newspapers. Cappish? Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Do you guys actually pay for these newspapers? I used to read one before the internet was here but wasn't too impressed even then. And someone else was paying. Certainly wouldn't shell out now. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 They are expensive aren't they? Was the only source of English paper in the old days. Was good for employment section back then. I'd rather my notebook and free internet and pay for coffee. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 They are a day late in reporting the news and there is far too much a slant towards Amercan news, which 'm not interested in. The Japan Times does have the Observer extract sometimes which is ok but since the news is out of date and I can read it for free online I don't bother with it anymore Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 you need to get into gear. The yank shit is still driving the world. If they decide on weak dollar, Asian currencies are effed. So too the Euro, so too the Japanese economy. Watch the yanks, they are criminals. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Haven't read one of those for years. Have they changed much or still pretty much the same as ever? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Fairly same I think rach. I only pick one up at one place I go that for some bizarre reason subscribes to it. I'm the only one who ever touches it every so often. Must be in the name of "internationalisation". Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 used to like the crossword in the Daily Yomiuri....could just about do it. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Haha yes I can remember I was about able to get that one done. Unlike me that. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Had a read through them once or twice in Japan. Thought they were both pretty rubbish. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 On the subject of these rubbish newspapers though I remember when I first came to Japan and there was no intertubes or stuff and the paper my office got for me was one of the highlights of the day. This was before skyperfect came with news and english tv too. They were important back then but not needed now. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Those were the days. Somehow they seemed slower and more peaceful.... Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Originally Posted By: thursday you need to get into gear. The yank shit is still driving the world. If they decide on weak dollar, Asian currencies are effed. So too the Euro, so too the Japanese economy. Watch the yanks, they are criminals. still not interested in what Randy and Shanice Gubbensteiner-Jonston get up to Link to post Share on other sites
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