Something that I discovered today were a few newspapers published in New York City for Japanese people. Even better is the fact that these newspapers are FREE!

Check it out:

http://www.businessnews-us.com (for people interested in weekly business/financial news)
http://www.dailysunny.com (Daily Sun New York newspaper, published daily)
http://www.nyseikatsu.com (NY seikatsu newspaper, published weekly)
http://www.ejapion.com (NY japion newspaper, published weekly)
http://www.chopsticksny.com/ (magazine's motto is "Experience Japan in New York")

Great for sentence mining for Anki or any other SRS... :-)

For a list of where these free magazines are distributed, go here:
http://www.businessnews-us.com/distribution.html
http://dailysunny.com/ny/summary/summary003.html
http://nyseikatsu.typepad.jp/blog/user/h...tml#pickup (in Japanese only)
http://www.chopsticksny.com/pages/distribution.php

Other Japanese newspapers

Asahi Shimbun Front Page (in PDF format)
Japanese edition: http://www.newseum.org/media/dfp/pdf1/JPN_AS.pdf
English Edition: http://www.newseum.org/media/dfp/pdf1/JPN_AEN.pdf

Hope somebody is able to get something out of these.
Thanks.

P.S. I can't find the distribution list for ejapion.com. But you can find it at Cafe Zaiya in NYC on E 41st St a few stores down from Book-Off(12 E 41st St)

It's been a while since the last time I was there, but there used to be a rack of free Japions and one other newspaper outside of the Jas Mart on Broadway & 110th St.

Interesting links, thanks. So, are these written by Japanese expats for Japanese folks in NYC, something along those lines?

Possibly. The newspaper offices are in NYC. I think te papers are meant
to help Japanese folks in NYC keep up with what's going on in Japan and NYC.
It's not only related to all things Japanese, but American culture as well.

It's interesting to see that Japanese have their own NYC scene. I wouldn't be
surprised if many classes/events/restaurants are popular to Japanese NYC residents just by the fact that its advertised in the newspapers.

http://www.nyseikatsu.com (NY seikatsu newspaper, published weekly)

NY seikatsu newspaper has a section called Kodomo no izumi (泉)
that I just finished reading. It's a section where children from various
elementary to junior high writes a paragraph about some kind of topic.

It's fun and very useful for learning vocab. One essay I read was
about a child's accident with pouring raw egg over her natto
beans....lol.....

For people that have finished RTK, it would be a great first step.
Of course, the essays from younger children(for ex. 3rd grade) are
easier to read. But overall, it's very manageable.

The column is published every week(and it's FREE).
Great for Anki users(or any other SRS).

chamcham Wrote:http://www.nyseikatsu.com (NY seikatsu newspaper, published weekly)

Sounds interesting, thanks a lot

I tried for quite a long time now, but I can't seem to find a file that I can open and read there. I tried to follow the instructions on their page, but still .... NO.
Any help plz?

chochajin Wrote:I tried for quite a long time now, but I can't seem to find a file that I can open and read there. I tried to follow the instructions on their page, but still .... NO.
Any help plz?

Is this the page?

There's a version for IE and a simpler one for Firefox that apparently uses the Google Maps API.

Oh and much thanks to chamcham.. great list

Yes, that's the one.
Usually I use Firefox.

THANK YOU. I'm living in NYC now, so I'll try to track some of these down. I see a lot of folk reading Chinese newspapers, but not Japanese so much.

You're welcome. You can visit the links to see a list of stores that carry them.
I'm pretty sure many of them are available at the various JAS Marts located in NYC.

Here are a couple lists of Japanese supermarkets in NYC:
http://www.aozoranyc.com/food/grocery/manhattan.htm
http://www.nyjpn.com/shopping/supa.htm

Also lots of Japanese restaurants carry a couple of them in their entryways, especially in the East Village.

Looks like Chopsticks might be English-only? At least from the cover on the website.

Why are there so many in New York? Is there a big Japanese population there?

Not where I'm at, lots of Koreans. Haven't met many Japanese.

When I was in NY on vacation, I saw quite a few Japanese people. Most of them spoke perfect English, so I'm -assuming- they were locals. I've heard there are good bookstores and stuff there as well, so there's probably the population to support that. I don't know if they tend to settle in 1 area or not, though. I wasn't there long enough to find out.

lower in manhattan there are certainly japanese businesses and cultural centers. haven't been to those parts yet.

wccrawford Wrote:When I was in NY on vacation, I saw quite a few Japanese people. Most of them spoke perfect English, so I'm -assuming- they were locals. I've heard there are good bookstores and stuff there as well, so there's probably the population to support that. I don't know if they tend to settle in 1 area or not, though. I wasn't there long enough to find out.

If they spoke perfect English and you're assuming they were locals, how do you even know they were Japanese? They could have been Korean, in some cases even Chinese or Taiwanese.

FYI, you can find the e-Japion newspaper at Cafe Zaiya on east 41st st a few stores down from Book-Off(12 E 41st st). I suspect you can find the paper at many Japanese supermarkets/restaurants around the city.

Tobberoth Wrote:If they spoke perfect English and you're assuming they were locals, how do you even know they were Japanese? They could have been Korean, in some cases even Chinese or Taiwanese.

The same way you can tell Irish, Scottish and English people apart: They look different.

This is something I like to look at every once in a while:

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/?tfp_region=As

The website has newspapers covers from all over the world, but I think in the Asia section there's only one in Japanese.

Wow. A high quality PDF of the front page of Asahi Shimbun every day. Really nice.

Thanks Emily.

P.S. For the really lazy, here are the links:
Japanese edition:
http://www.newseum.org/media/dfp/pdf1/JPN_AS.pdf

The english version is here:
http://www.newseum.org/media/dfp/pdf1/JPN_AEN.pdf

wccrawford Wrote:The same way you can tell Irish, Scottish and English people apart: They look different.

7 of my grand-grandparents were german. 1 was portuguese. I'm brazilian.