JANJAN, short for Japan Alternative News for Justices and New Cultures, is a Japanese online newspaper started by Ken Takeuchi, journalist and former mayor of Kamakura, Kanagawa. Launched in February 2003, the newspaper is credited for pioneering citizen journalism in Japan.[1]
After registration, anyone is free to post comments on the JANJAN website. However there are different windows for registering depending on the nationality or ethnicity of the potential poster. i.e, a different one for "Foreigners, 外国の方"and Japanese.