My Blog-My Mirror or My Alter Ego?
Japan and India- Two Angles Blogging Japanese Style While the Japanese may have been slower at embracing social media platforms such as Facebook and LinkedIn, they quickly jumped on board to blogging when it became popular in the country from 2002. Since then, Japanese have slightly edged out English in becoming the dominant language of the blogosphere. Pretty amazing considering that English speakers worldwide outnumber Japanese speakers by over 5 to 1. Here are some interesting factoids about blogging in the Land of the Rising Sun. • While 40% of English-language bloggers blog to raise their visibility as thought-leaders, only 5% of Japanese bloggers are motivated by the same reason. • Americans blog to stand out, make a point, or complain. Japanese blog to fit in and keep a record of their thoughts. • Compared with Americans, Japanese write at less length but write much more often. • Japanese are 5 times as likely as Americans, t...