While Super Tuesday has come and gone in the U.S., conversations carry on in its wake among bloggers in the booming Japanese blogosphere [1]. What do bloggers in the world's second largest economy think of the presidential elections of their major trading partner?
At the HAWK Blog [2] [ja], one Japanese blogger reports on the Super Tuesday results direct from Washington D.C. [3] [ja], commenting that:
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At the “North Korea Problem [4]” blog, a Republican Party supporter blogs [5] [ja] about an article in Asahi newspaper [6] [ja] claiming that Russia supports Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama:
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Other bloggers were much more supportive of Obama, however. Blogger hot-hitoiki [7] [ja], a human resources consultant, writes of Obama [8] [ja]:
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Barack Obama in his own words (オãƒãƒžèªžéŒ² in Japanese)
Blogger Miepong [10] [ja], meanwhile, a John Edwards supporter who lives in California, describes her experience [11] [ja] following the primaries in the U.S. from a Japanese perspective, remarking that she sees the strongest support among young people for Obama and Republican Party candidate Ron Paul [12]:
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And what about Hillary? At My Daily Life [ja], mother of two and (according to her byline) politician's wife purebeauty [13] [ja] blogs about her experience once meeting Hillary [14] [ja] while living in the U.S.:
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