Mutant Frog Travelogue is the blog of Adam Richards, Joe Jones and Roy Berman, three friends who met while studying in Japan. The eclectic subject matter includes posts on technology, law, culture, politics and plenty more. With the three writers living at various times in Japan, Thailand, the U.S. and Taiwan, their commentary has an international outlook. Recent posts have been as varied as the legal challenges of obtaining dual nationality; the Raelian group’s "adopt a clitoris" campaign; and the relationship between viewership figures for TV cartoon "Sazae-san" and the Japanese stock market performance.
Your topics are pretty diverse. Is there an overarching philosophy for the site?
Adam: The short answer is no. We simply write about whatever interests us. I tend to choose stuff that I am just interested in or that I think isn't being covered well elsewhere. For me, it has played a role of trainer in that it gave me a lot of practice translating. There is no way I could have had a career as a translator without it.