Japan's Otaku Prime Minister & The National Manga Café

 

Sources:

1.  “Taro Aso wins Party Presidential Election” - LDP (Archive) via ANN

2.  “Presidential Election: Lackluster on the Internet; Some Strongly Favor Ozawa over Aso as New PM” - J-Cast via ANN

3.  Mainichi Shimbun via “Japan's Foreign Minister Creates Foreign Manga Award” - ANN

4.  “THROUGH OTAKU EYES / Otaku and those around them need to keep cool heads” - Yomiuri Shimbun (Archive) via ANN

5.  “Japan PM in surprise resignation” - BBC News via ANN

6.  “Taro Aso Speaks in Akiba” - ANN

7.  “LDP Candidate Tarō Asō Gives Speech in Akihabara” - ANN

8.  “Japan's anime guru wants manga-loving PM to shut up” - ASIAONE (Archive) via ANN

9.  “Japan's top filmmaker takes swipe at comic-mad PM” - Reuters via ANN

10.  “Approval rating for Aso Cabinet slumps to 36 percent” - Mainichi (Archive)

11.  “Aso vows to cure economic woes” - The Japan Times (Archive)

12.  “Japanese PM vows to lift GDP by 120 trillion yen by 2020” - China View (Archive) via ANN

13.  "Aso pledges two million new jobs in three years” - AFP (Archive) via ANN

14.  “National Media Arts Center” - Japanese Wikipedia

15.  “Basic Policy on the Promotion of Culture and the Arts (Cabinet Decision of February 9, 2007)” - Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs

16.  “Questions on the necessity of building a so-called National Cartoon Museum using the government's supplementary budget” - Japan’s House of Representatives

17.  Historical exchange rates JPY / USD from 21 April 2009 - FXTOP

18.  “Questions on the necessity of building a so-called National Cartoon Museum using the government's supplementary budget” - Japan’s House of Representatives

19.  Historical exchange rates JPY / USD from 21 April 2009 - FXTOP (2)

20.  “Anime Museum is a ‘national manga cafe’ - Democratic Party's Hatoyama criticizes it” - Sankei Shimbun (Archive) via ANN

21.  “<National Media Arts Center> A hub for the content industry? Or a manga cafe? Opinions on the decision to establish it” - blog.blochiita.jp (Archive)

22.  “Anime Museum is a ‘national manga cafe’ - Democratic Party's Hatoyama criticizes it” - Sankei Shimbun (Archive) via ANN

23.  “Kei Ishizaka: Criticizing the National Media Arts Center Facility: ‘Manga in a picture frame, embarrassing’” - Mainichi (Archive) via ANN

24.  “LDP PT to demand halt to construction of manga exhibition facility” - Nikkan Sports (Archive) via ANN

25.  “Machiko SATONAKA” - ANN

26.  “Japan Media Arts Center: Machiko Satonaka and others say "We need a base"… refutes criticism” - Mainichi (Archive) via ANN

27.  “<Anime Hall of Fame> Production site: "Funds should be spent on human resource development rather than facilities’” - Mainichi (Archive) via ANN, AltJapan, & Itai News (Archive)

28.  “Yoshikazu YASUHIKO” - ANN

29.  “Ranking of anime news articles that are popular among bloggers [2009/07/03]” - Everybody’s Voice

30.  “Anime Hall of Fame" preparatory committee launched, including Pokemon president and Machiko Satonaka” - Internet Watch (Archive)

31.  “<National Anime Hall of Fame> "It's impossible" to operate with self-generated revenue” - Excite (Archive)

32.  “Animators Split on Proposed National Media Arts Center” - Mainichi via ANN

33.  “Profile: Taro Aso” - BBC

34.  “Japan's PM Aso calls August vote” - BBC

35.  “Japan PM support sinks as opposition widens lead” - Reuters

36.  “Democratic Party enjoys ‘tailwind’ for metropolitan assembly election, LDP and Komeito feel crisis... Chiba mayoral election” - Yomiuri Shimbun (Archive)

37.  “‘The outcome of the metropolitan assembly election will determine the outcome of the general election,’ says Chief Cabinet Secretary Kawamura” - Yomiuri Shimbun (Archive)

38.  “Japan's PM Aso calls August vote” - BBC

39.  “Aso leaning toward early August election” - The Japan Times (Archive)

40.  “Japanese PM fights for survival” - BBC

41.  “Opposition Democratic Party of Japan set to win election in landslide” - Mainichi (Archive) via ANN

42.  “Japanese PM to call for general election” - CNN (Archive)

43.   “Japan's PM Aso calls August vote” - BBC

44.  “Voters hand DPJ landslide win” - The Japan Times (Archive)

45.  “DPJ pulls plug on 'animation pantheon' plan” The Japan Times (Archive) via ANN

46.  “Agency for Cultural Affairs to continue spreading information despite cancellation of ‘Anime Hall of Fame’ facility” - Yomiuri Shimbun (Archive) via ANN

47.  Historical exchange rates JPY / USD from 20 November 2009 - FXTOP

48.  “Governor Mori Ken's trump card for re-election is ‘Anime Museum’” - Tokyo Sports (Archive) via ANN

49.  “National manga museum seen opening by ’20” - The Japan News (Archive) via ANN

50.  “Japan Media Arts Center to be established to preserve ‘Japanese-made’ anime, aiming to open in Olympic year” - The Sankei Shimbun

51.  “Govt to Build Center for Preserving Manga, Anime Materials; Facility Will Store Original Art, Animation Cels, Idea Notes” - The Japan News