2010 Spring Editiotents

Feature

Splintered into Pieces, J-Pop Struggles to Survive

   J-pop, a category of made-in-Japan songs so labeled and promoted by the music industry, the rage of 1990s that captured the hearts and minds of the Japanese youths and produced so many million hits, has since splintered into pieces in terms of sales channels as well as consumption patterns so much so that no one knows for sure what J-pop song will be a next hit.

  Music Industry Loses Control
  Musician Born on the Net
  Splintered into Pieces

  Reviewing Poverty through Food Bank

  People do not really understand the reality of poverty.
  “Contribution to a society” should be focused more in Japan.
  Starting volunteer with a light-heart

  Okinawa Can Suggest Communalism System to Central Government

  Okinawa Can Provide Another System
  American Military Bases Has Supported Okinawan Comunity
  Community Spirit Creates Original Culture
  Okinawa Should Independent from the Center
  Voice of Okinawa Does Not Reach Mainland

  Volunteers Struggle to Keep Hapless Stray Cats Alive

  Modern City Is Tough for Cats
  Volunteers Support “Chiiki-Neko”
  Feed Cats or Not
  Stray Cats Die Young
  Interview with “Mako” Blogger

interview

Waseda’s Singer Are Given the Chance from Tokyo

  Yui Nakayama, a junior majoring in social science, was only Japanese elected one of 12 finalists of Voice of McDonald’s(VoM).