end of Wai Wai on Mainichi website???

[GuyJean]

I too, raise my glass to WaiWai.. RIP, my misunderstood friend..

2Chaneru is the result of no discipline; Sucking on mommy's tit after the age of 30 get's kind of weird.

GJ

[dimwit]

I number of libelous videos have been showing upon You-Tube. I'm a bit astonshed that You Tube has kept the videos up and not suspended some of the accounts for any number of about 20 actionable things that some of the posters have said.


http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=uPX1t9MGnmk

[AssKissinger]

On any given day you could look at the top stories and nearly find 4 out of 5 of the top stories came from the damn wai wai section... This shit is ridiculous.. if the users from 2 chaneru are offended maybe they aught to remove the majority of shit from their own site before they go off bitching and moaning about wai wai on the mainichi website... This shit is absurd and is a real blow to foreigners who appreciated stories like that as comical as they were... Some of the alliteration on the headlines cracked me the fuck up... RIP wai wai and fuck you 2chaneru assholes.

I say fuck you Mainichi. I respect 2chaneru's anything goes ethic. Although, I think they have pussied out on shit as well. Didn't they delete threads and shit themselves?

[amdg]

A pyrrhic victory for ni-chan.

The world already knows that Japan is that 'semi-disfunctional uncle that your parents won't ever leave in the same room with you' of the world.

[Taro Toporific]

Mainichi suspends reporter over 'vulgar' English column
TOKYO, June 27 (AP) - (Kyodo)---The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper Friday suspended a reporter for three months and reprimanded four executives including President Yutaka Asahina over a column on its English language website that was closed following criticism for being "too vulgar."
The reporter was in charge of the column, while Asahina, who has returned part of his pay, headed the paper's digital media section, the daily said.
The WaiWai section of the English language website called Mainichi Daily News had covered Japanese social issues using translations of articles from Japanese weekly magazines and other sources since its start in 2001, but it started to carry articles pertaining to sex a few years ago....more...

[Mulboyne]

Mainichi suspends reporter over 'vulgar' English column
TOKYO, June 27 (AP) - (Kyodo)---The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper Friday suspended a reporter for three months and reprimanded four executives including President Yutaka Asahina over a column on its English language website that was closed following criticism for being "too vulgar."
The reporter was in charge of the column, while Asahina, who has returned part of his pay, headed the paper's digital media section, the daily said.
The WaiWai section of the English language website called Mainichi Daily News had covered Japanese social issues using translations of articles from Japanese weekly magazines and other sources since its start in 2001, but it started to carry articles pertaining to sex a few years ago....more...

They've updated their website again:

Punitive measures over Mainichi Daily News WaiWai column announced

The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. on Friday responded to the publishing of inappropriate articles on the Mainichi Daily News WaiWai column, issuing three months' disciplinary leave to the Mainichi Daily News staff writer in charge of the column. The responsibility of supervisors was also questioned and punishments were handed to Mainichi Daily News Managing Editor Hiroshi Takahashi, who was stripped of his title for two months, and Digital Media Division General Manager Akihiko Isono -- at the time Deputy General Manager of the Digital Media Division -- who was stripped of his title for one month. In addition, Director and Digital Media Division Executive Supervisor Atsushi Hasegawa, who at the time was General Manager of the Digital Media Division, was ordered to return 20 percent of his directors compensation for one month, and President Yutaka Asahina -- at the time Managing Director and Digital Media Division Executive Supervisor -- was ordered to return 10 percent of his directors compensation for one month. The Mainichi Newspapers judged that many readers were made uncomfortable as a result of the translations and inappropriate depictions made when the staff writer in charge quoted ribald articles from Japanese magazines on the Mainichi Daily News site. It was also judged that trust had been lost as a result, with criticism received on the Internet. Supervisors were called to account over their responsibility for failing to check articles over a long period of time. WaiWai was shut down on June 21. "We are truly sorry for losing our readers' trust. We will reflect on this problem seriously, and put our full effort into editing and producing a Web site that is trusted," said Atsushi Hasegawa, Director and Digital Media Division Executive Supervisor.

The predecessor of the current WaiWai column was first carried in the printed edition of the Mainichi Daily News in October 1989. After the publication of the newspaper was suspended, we began running WaiWai on the Mainichi Daily News Web site on April 19, 2001. A staff writer of the Mainichi Daily News Editorial Department, who is a native English speaker living in Japan, and a contributing writer wrote the column, introducing in English aspects of Japanese society and customs by quoting stories run by magazines published in Japan. The selection of the magazine stories was performed mainly by the staff writer. In late May 2008, we began receiving opinions that were critical of the column, such as "its contents are too vulgar" and "the stories could cause Japanese people to be misunderstood abroad." After examining stories in the column, we found some of them were inappropriate and deleted them from the site. We continued to examine other stories in the column while taking measures to block access to all of them. In the middle of June, some of the deleted stories were carried on a number of Web sites unrelated to the Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd., and we received further criticism and protests.

After further examination of the stories in the column, it was confirmed that in one story the staff writer had added information that was not contained in the original magazine story. We reflected on the fact that we had disseminated information that lacked moral character, and cancelled the column completely. We subsequently ran an explanation of this problem and an apology on our Japanese and English sites. We also published an apology in our morning edition of the Mainichi Shimbun on June 25. During in-house investigations, the staff writer said: "I introduced what I thought were aspects of Japanese customs by quoting magazine stories, but the selection of stories that I quoted was inappropriate. I'm sorry." The editorial department, which had left the writing of stories in the column to the staff writer, did not sufficiently check the content of the stories, and those in managerial positions failed to sufficiently supervise the editorial department.

In a related development, a flood of messages and images have appeared online that gravely defame and slander a number of our company's female staff writers and other employees, who are in no way accountable for this matter nor subject to punitive measures. The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. is determined to take legal action against such clearly illegal acts that constitute defamation. The Mainichi Newspapers intends to ask the "Open Newspaper" Committee, a third-party organization comprising of experts, to examine whether our response to the matter was appropriate. If you would like to express your opinion about the matter, please send it to the following:

Open Newspaper Committee
E-mail: t.media@mbx.mainichi.co.jp
Fax: 03-3212-0825 (+81-3-3212-0825)

Mainichi Daily News
E-mail: dailynews@mbx.mainichi.co.jp
Fax: 03-3211-2509 (+81-3-3211-2509)

[CrankyBastard]

Thanks for the update, Mulboyne.
Before I rattle off a letter, can anyone tell me anything about this "Open Newspaper Committee"???

[Osakadave]

In a related development, a flood of messages and images have appeared online that gravely defame and slander a number of our company's female staff writers and other employees, who are in no way accountable for this matter nor subject to punitive measures. The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. is determined to take legal action against such clearly illegal acts that constitute defamation. The Mainichi Newspapers intends to ask the "Open Newspaper" Committee, a third-party organization comprising of experts, to examine whether our response to the matter was appropriate. If you would like to express your opinion about the matter, please send it to the following:

Heh. What, Nichan can bully the MDN enough to set their editorial policy, but seku hara's too much?

[blackcat]

setohirayuki wrote on that YouTube Thread

"Each Japanese person is a victim of human rights violations by black propaganda that Korean Mainichi Daily News has been pushing for the past 5 years. We Japanese are exasperated at the Korean sneak way of Minichi Daily News and we Japanese cannot not soothe our feelings. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"

Wow its the Koreans again!!

Japanese
Denial
Syndrome

poor pricks

[Takechanpoo]

Wow its the Koreans again!!

Actually Mainichi Shinbun will bankrupt if it doesnt print large amout of Seikyou Shinbun which is zainichi-Korean-controling Souka-Gakkai's bulletin.

[Greji]

Actually Mainichi Shinbun will bankrupt if it doesnt print large amout of Seikyou Shinbun which is zainichi-Korean-controling Souka-Gakkai's bulletin.

That's interesting Take. You got some cites or more information on the Zainichi Sokka connection?

[Big Booger]

I say fuck you Mainichi. I respect 2chaneru's anything goes ethic. Although, I think they have pussied out on shit as well. Didn't they delete threads and shit themselves?

I like the anything goes route as well... and that's why I hate these fuckers who band together and bully fucks when they don't agree with them trying to get them to bow down to pressure from an online consortium like nichaneru... fuck them. Fuck them all.

Mainichi should have told these twats to fuck off... I would have. But those same twats belong to a site full of all kinds of shit that makes Japan look "bad"... it's just not written in English so I guess it's okay then.

WaiWai was popular and that's why it was targetted.

[Takechanpoo]

That's interesting Take. You got some cites or more information on the Zainichi Sokka connection?

Most of exectives of Souka is zainichi Korean.

[Osakadave]

It's quite interesting they havent allowed any posts re trhe wai wai on their "forums"...

[AssKissinger]

those same twats belong to a site full of all kinds of shit that makes Japan look "bad"...

No shit huh. Good point.

[Charles]

Most of exectives of Souka is zainichi Korean.

Damn that religion, they'll take anyone regardless of race.

[Grnbrd]

[quote="GuyJean"]I too, raise my glass to WaiWai.. RIP, my misunderstood friend..

2Chaneru is the result of no discipline]

That's too bad. I wish WW was an independent tabloid site. However, on this issue the major troopers are female 2ch'ers (especially housewives) themselves.

[Greji]

Most of exectives of Souka is zainichi Korean.

"Most" is a large number! Does that include Ikeda Daisaku? I don't know of any of their komeito officials who are Zainichi. Are there any?

[Grnbrd]

"Most" is a large number! Does that include Ikeda Daisaku? I don't know of any of their komeito officials who are Zainichi. Are there any?

Daisaku(Daechak?) is a naturalized citizen.

[jingai]

Poor *****, thrown under the bus for providing us all with amusement translated from papers we would never read on our own.

I hope someone does a WaiWai tribute page or video for his hard work.

[Takechanpoo]

[Takechanpoo]

You all knew ***** was imposed suspension from office for 3 months?

[amdg]

I'd love a three-month vacation. I hope he has fun.

[CrankyBastard]

Edit. Brain fart.Move on:redface2:

[GomiGirl]

There is like 10 guys protesting!! I guess with 30 phone calls each that makes 300 complaints.

FREAKS!! Bullies!!

Mainichi Shinbun should squash them for trying to intimidate the free press!!

[Mulboyne]

[amdg]

"Since waiwai started in 1999, there happened immediate 100% increase of Japanese women raped outside Japan"

Post hoc ergo propter hoc.

[Greji]

[Takechanpoo]

Take, is that the same Nishimura (asshole) that started 2channel?

If it is, he really has balls, considering all the bench warrants he has out for his body for all his un-paid court judgements!

Nishimura, founder of 2ch, is not 2channeler.

[Greji]

Nishimura, founder of 2ch, is not 2channeler.

I since found out it was a different guy and you are quite correct, he apparently doesn't get on any blog (supposedly).