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Akky Akimoto: Blog anonymously to avoid Sushi

By thomascrampton ⋅ December 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Akky Akimoto, an A-list blogger in Japan and founder of the English-language Asiajin blog, explains in this video why he hides his face with a hat and refuses to release his identity.

Akky and other A-list bloggers in Japan fear retribution if their identities are fully known, though they do share their real identities with one another. Whenever they do group photos, all faces are hidden.

Among other forms of retribution, Akky fears receiving an unwanted deliveries of Sushi to his home.

“There are some prominent face disclosing Japanese bloggers, but many of them live in Silicon Valley or they are retired, so they don’t have to care about employers,” Akky said at the Le Web conference in Paris. Apologies for the Mariachi band that suddenly started playing in the background.

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  1. I can fully understand Akky’s concern as that kind of sushi prank was done in my secondary school! A very expensive pizza meal was delivered to a teacher’s home after his address was made public. May be that kind of joke is too common, nowadays in Hong Kong, if you order food by phone, they will call you to reconfirm.

    Merry Christmas, Tom!

    Posted by Ray | December 17, 2008, 8:21 pm

  2. this ensures again that Japanese internet users are not willing to expose too much. Read it somewhere else.

    Posted by ijscom | December 17, 2008, 9:28 pm

  3. “In Japanese society, being unique is not appreciated by many people.”

    Wow.

    But unwanted deliveries?? Hahahaha..

    Posted by Baoru | December 18, 2008, 5:10 am

  4. The hat boy is the whole joke. He is not hiding his face at all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZKO13UwOmo

    Posted by Bob | July 19, 2009, 2:35 pm

  5. [...] Thomas Crampton: [...]

    Posted by Akky Akimoto: Why I hide my face to blog | Samurai Coder | July 19, 2009, 2:41 pm

  6. The hat boy is the whole joke. He is not hiding his face at all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZKO13UwOmo

    Posted by Bob | July 19, 2009, 9:35 pm

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Thomas Crampton was a correspondent for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times for more than a decade, reporting from five continents, writing a column on Asia and covering Asian politics, economics and culture. Currently based in Hong Kong, he writes here about China, the Internet and New Media seen from Asia, while also advising companies on digital communication strategies. For more information click here...