Our joint SPSCC/AINW/Japanese/Tribes project at the Sunken Village wet site in 2007 was featured in a column written by project sponsor, Akira Matsui, in the popular Yomiuri Shinbun Newspaper, with a circulation of  over 100 million–called the biggest newspaper in the world.  The interest in archaeology by the Japanese population is reflected in these frequent news stories on archaeology in the popular press:  Akira Matsui article–translation 2-18-08 by Jaered and Dale Croes 2