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Multilanguage information transmission site [nippon.com] [2011年10月26日(Wed)]

Japan after March 11



Multilanguage information transmission site [nippon.com]



The Multilanguage information site [nippon.com] has at last been launched from October. It is being favorably received, and I would like to express my appreciation to the efforts of all who have been involved.

I would like to take the liberty to explain briefly about how it all came about. Japan Echo, a general incorporated foundation had been publishing English public relation magazine, Japan Echo, mainly purchased by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and has won fame among the intellectuals overseas.

However, it fell under the budget screening of the government, and as a result it was deemed that it might be difficult to continue its publication work with a budget cut. Mr. Joji Harano, the President of Japan Echo was worried for its future.

While on my part, I have been lamenting over the poor quality of information transmitted from Japan to overseas countries, and I have been appealing on many occasions that there was a need to improve this situation. It was at this time that a friend of mine, Mr. Tadamasa Fukiura, introduced me to Mr. Harano.

We came to an almost full agreement, and my longtime dream of transmitting information from Japan in the six UN official languages was to be realized. We arrived at a consensus that from October we will start with Japanese, English, Chinese, French, Spanish to be followed by Russian and Arabic sometime after next year, and we will gradually include other languages.

In order to erase the general image of “an organization with a strong influence of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” I asked that the name of the site be changed from “Japan Echo” to “nippon.com”.
Mr. Harano gave up the name that he so cherished over the years for the general good, and agreed to accept the request.

Who then owns the “nippo.com” domain? After investigation we were very fortunate to discover that it was owned by Nippon Express America. Negotiations started between President Takeju Ogata of the Nippon Foundation, and the domain was handed over to the Nippon Foundation at no cost. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Nippon Express for its broad-minded generosity.

I would like to be spared of going into the detailed explanation as it could be superfluous. I would like you to first visit it and to spread the word far and wide while giving it your honest criticisms and guidance for it to win trust from the world and to become a credible web media representing Japan. I cannot but help to wish that it will become a tool for the people of the world to understand the real-life image of Japan.

The following languages are available at the moment.
Japanese
English
Chinese (Simplified Chinese)
Chinese (Traditional Chinese)
French
Spanish
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