Fireworks and News from Japan

I got my footage of fireworks in Kanazawa put together at last! The Youtube copy has a few scenes cut so as to fit the time requirements, but it does include commentary, mostly to translate some key comments you can hear. Just mouse over any grey box you see to read it.

I’ve also been collecting links about Japan to share with you:

• Language Log: Japanese (and Chinese) onomatopoeia explains 擬態語 (“gitaigo”), “sound effects” for adjectives and adverbs.
• Language Log: David Brooks, Social Psychologist explains this New York Times’ writer’s oversimplification of studies on American vs. Asian psychology.
• Racist Japanese Obama Ad Pulled – A Japanese cellphone company missed the racist implications of putting their monkey mascot in an Obama-like advertisement.