Zenta Claus appears for the first time in Kyoto and gets media attention from local newspapers and gets introduced in Adbusters magazine. A homepage and mailing list help promote the event and make connections. Until now, BND events were held only by a few spread out individuals in Japans. Now the BND Japan movement begins in Asia. In Korea, activists (Green Korea United) get huge media attention.
The First BND J website; http://www4.osk.3web.ne.jp/~mmlove93/bnd.htm