Comments on: Obituary: Mainichi WaiWai

By: WaiWai

WaiWai — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:46:33 +0000

Here are some WaiWai archives:

http://www.theblackship.com/forum/japan-tabloid-news/

http://www.japanesestylenoodles.com/waiwai/index.php

http://www.stippy.com/category/japan-waiwai-archives/

By: Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Press competition circa 1969

Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Press competition circa 1969 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:41:24 +0000

[...] passage is particularly exciting to read, and does a lot to help restore the credibility of a certain everyday newspaper: Mainichi’s newsmen still gloat about a photo they got of the Rising Sun replacing the Stars [...]

By: mozu

mozu — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:59:06 +0000

I am not a person concerned to the media!

By: The Beauty Trade and Missed Opportunities

The Beauty Trade and Missed Opportunities — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:31:48 +0000

[...] entirely off-topic, readers disappointed with the decision of the Mainichi Daily News to can its infamous WaiWai column and its archives to [...]

By: Aceface

Aceface — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:34:33 +0000

This is strictly my imagination.

The suspect and five others who had conducted abduction of former Mainichi CEO are from Nagoya,The leader is coffee bean wholesaler to one of Mainichi owned hotel in Nagoya and demanded to renew the contract and took naked picture of CEO and threatened to spread it around.

Mainichi has sustained the press disclosure of this incident for more than a month,and for that they were criticized by the other medias.Mainichi explained that they were concerened about the background relation of the incident,meaning Mainichi didn’t believe coffee beans contract was not the real motivation for the crime.They believed there was something else.

Now,according to Shincho article,Mainichi circulation has been declining.Yet,they have huge realestate in Nagoya area and the income from such estates sustain the company and it’s proportion in the annual income is rising.

The real estate price in Nagoya is on the rise and now in a state of bubble.Nagoya is one of few city in Japan that see steady growth even in the “lost decade” since TOYOTA is based in the city.Now TOYOTA is moving their headquarter from Toyota city to center of Nagoya,in a skyscraper called Nagoya Midland Square that locates in the center of the city and because of that the real estate price has skyrocketed. This Midland Square is built on the property of Mainichi Shimbun.

And now this scandal over Waiwai,I was wondering why it has to be now,for Waiwai was around for years.

In our industry,usually the change in personnel are in June,so are stockholder mwwting.In another words,if anyone wants to blackmail Mainichi,now is the best time of the year.
By connecting the dots and I see a hypothesis.

Call me a conspiracy theorist,but something tells me Waiwai controversy is a set up.

By: Aceface

Aceface — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:43:26 +0000

And according to one of the best selling shukanshi,Weekly Shincho,lots of ad clients including Nissan,Kirin and Fujitsu are leaving MDN for good.(however,one must take this info with grain of salt since Mainichi had sued Shincho over the article on Mainichi CEO being abducted over inner struggle with in the company in Feburary)

http://www.asahi.com/special/mainichi-kankin/TKY200402270344.html

Now,the new Mainichi CEO was the man in charge of Mainichi degital news.

http://www.j-cast.com/2008/06/28022609.html

Hmmm,I smell something.
Maybe it wasn’t just some hot headed 2channeler behind this….

By: Roy Berman

Roy Berman — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:06:35 +0000

The problem with Waiwai is what it was on the Mainichi’s website. After hearing about the end of Waiwai, I’ve finally realized that Waiwai conditioned me to never take the Mainichi seriously- and I absolutely never go to it for real news, even in the Japanese version.

By: Aceface

Aceface — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:42:19 +0000

OK,guys,here’s Sydney Morning Herald claiming all the stanpede was caused by a Japanese blogger”Mozu”who also comments here.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/japan-rails-at-australians-tabloid-trash/2008/07/04/1214951041660.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

Here’s his blog with quote on Neojaponisme discussion.Marxy’s and my comments are quoted.
http://rockhand.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2008/04/post_6f5f.html

So it seems to be the story spreads like follows.
Waiwai-Marxy-Mozu-2ch-MDN-Ryan Connell-”Bomb!”

By: Joe Jones

Joe Jones — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:00:51 +0000

OK, this looks like an acceptable substitute for WaiWai, albeit with a less creative name: Japanese Smut Portal The story about the dude who masturbated for nine and a half hours straight is pretty priceless.

By: Ring

Ring — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:37:44 +0000

Hi guys. What if 2ch staffs were, in some part, responsible for this Waiwai libel? Found these blogs and I thought you guys might be interested. Can Mainichi Shinbun stick to their journalism against the terror(2ch)? Mainichi Shinbun, don't be tamed by 2-channel like NHK Chapter 8: Dreadful ways to gain access to your site And more. Drug dealing 2-channeler A female victim of 2-channel 2-channeler comments on Public Execution "Yokoku. in", a website collecting advance notices of crime open. Zero million yen, took 2 hours to build Former 2ch staff prosecutes 2ch