Welcome to PhotoGuide Japan’s new NewsZONE section. Major changes have been made as follows:

• The main NewsZONE URL has changed from https://photojpn.org/news2/ to https://photojpn.org/news/. And what used to be at https://photojpn.org/news/ is now totally different.
• PhotoWho’sWho (photographer biographies) has moved completely to https://photoguide.jp/txt/Category:Japanese_Photographers. It is no longer at photojpn.org/news. PhotoCloseups also merged with PhotoLog.
• PhotoBBS (message boards) has been shut down and most messages have migrated to this NewsZONE blog’s PhotoNews and PhotoLog categories.
• The new PhotoNews category includes Japanese photography news, photo expo notices, exhibition notices, book announcements, etc. The PhotoLog category has my personal rants related to photography.

What’s New (what you’re reading now) is about the latest Web site updates at PhotoGuide Japan.

Some photography-related pages have also been transferred to this NewsZONE blog, such as PhotoRepairs, PhotoEvents, and PhotoFAQ.

Now that our NewsZONE section has been realigned and straightened out, next will be the revamping of DirectoryZONE still plagued with an outdated system and outdated information. So far, only PhotoRepairs has been revamped.