“Cool Japan,” a now nearly decade-old government initiative to promote Japanese popular culture abroad, has long been derided as more high-flown talk than well-financed action. Compared with the South ...

Based in Scotland, Finn has been writing about Japanese pop culture for nine years now. He is also a gamer, hiker, and proud vegan. His passion is bringing news straight from Japan to you, in English, ...

Come 16 July, Singapore will play host to the first Japan Food Town, billed as a “multi-sensorial expression of the country’s culture and culinary gems brought together under one roof.” It is the ...

Before the festival opens, a ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place, featuring exhibitors, representatives from anime production companies, manga publishers, and the organizers. This will be followed ...

Japan is a nation built on contradictions and juxtapositions, a place you'll find modern skyscrapers next to ancient temples, or Shinto couples being wed in Christian-style ceremonies. And for the ...

IN AKIHABARA, Tokyo’s centre of anime and manga sales and fandom, a new government plan is wildly popular. The idea is to project an image of “Cool Japan” around the world (like Cool Britannia in the ...

Japanese Government’s Cool Japan Fund Invests $30M in U.S. Anime Distributor Sentai The Japanese government's Cool Japan Fund has invested $30 million U.S. anime distributor Sentai as part of its ...

Crypto-adjacent technologies could be a valuable part of Japan's strategy to promote its culture and boost its economy. Japan has consistently been a leader in the tech industry, so it’s a logical ...

TOKYO, July 21 (Reuters) - The critters, warriors and doe-eyed women of Japanese animation and manga comics have long found fans around the world. But now the Japanese government wants to mobilise ...

At the opening ceremony of "Universal Cool Japan 2024," the pinnacle of Japanese entertainments were proudly showcased, and its charm was fully conveyed. Kosuke, who appeared at the opening ceremony ...

IRVINE, CA, UNITED STATES, November 15, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The highly anticipated Cool Japan Center officially opened its doors on November 4th, 2024, in ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ANA (All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.) has updated their website of "IS JAPAN COOL?", which aims at contributing to attract international tourists, on July 4 th 2013. The new ...