Friday, November 10, 2006

Tag Clouds of Prime Minister Speeches

tag cloud screenshotI absolutely love this: tag clouds distilled from the speeches of Japan's prime ministers since 1993. Notice for instance the sudden appearance of the テロ ("tero" = terror) word in the second half of 2001; tracking the occurrence of terms like 協力 ("kyōryoku" = cooperation) or 改革 ("kaikaku" = reform) throughout the last decade is also interesting...