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Japan's industry ministry is considering abolishing Cool Japan Fund after its cumulative losses reached ?54 billion in fiscal 2025.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2026
Cool Japan Fund may be scrapped by industry ministry after posting high losses
The plan to end the Cool Japan Fund is being considered after its cumulative losses reached ?54 billion in fiscal 2025.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Dec 5, 2022
Forget ¡®Cool Japan,¡¯ just make it your Japan
¡®Cool Japan¡¯ ambassador and critic Benjamin Boas reimagines efforts to promote the nation¡¯s brand abroad in his new book, ¡°From u2018Cool Japan¡¯ to u2018Your Japan.¡¯¡±
CULTURE / Longform
May 31, 2021
Cool Japan campaign at a crossroads 10 years after setting sights abroad
The government-funded initiative¡¯s future looks uncertain given its mixed results so far in promoting Japanese culture overseas.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Apr 20, 2017
Japan, take pride in ¡®Your Name.¡¯
Two weeks ago, the United States¡¯ box office saw a surprising animated feature take the top spot and generate large amounts of discussion ¡ª and memes ¡ª on social media.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 1, 2017
What, if anything, makes Japan unique?
In February, American comedian Atsugiri Jason remarked on a Fuji TV talk show that one of the ¡°demerits¡± of being a foreign TV personality in Japan is that he can¡¯t publicly say he thinks those aspects of Japanese culture which Japanese people believe are ¡°uniquely amazing¡± are not, in fact, uniquely...
Japan Times
CULTURE
Apr 24, 2016
¡®Cool Japan¡¯ needs to listen to its target market
As far as awards ceremonies go, the Sugoi Japan Awards were a fairly flashy affair. Held on March 22, the prizes recognized recent titles in anime, manga and fiction that an online poll of Japanese fans wanted to do well overseas.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 16, 2016
Can Japan make itself great again by 2050?
The bad news is, Japan is beset by seemingly insoluble problems. The good news is the word ¡°seemingly.¡± No nation whose rise to economic superpowerdom began a bare decade after being bombed to rubble in history¡¯s most destructive war will ever find anything truly ¡°insoluble.¡± Japan will astonish us yet....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 3, 2016
Japan¡¯s indie acts make an impact in New York without the help of ¡®Cool Japan¡¯
Music industry extravaganza South by Southwest (SXSW) is over and, as always, some of the Japanese acts were able to make it to New York while they were in the country.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 31, 2016
Kyary ride does its part for ¡®Cool Japan¡¯
¡°Cool Japan Heats Up¡± declares a sign welcoming visitors to an area of Universal Studios Japan (USJ) devoted to the country¡¯s hottest pop culture exports.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Nov 30, 2015
From ¡®samurai¡¯ to ¡®Hello Kitty,¡¯ search data show how the world¡¯s view of Japan has changed
Analytics data suggest Japan is better known abroad as the land of Hello Kitty than as a country full of swaggering samurai and mincing geisha.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Aug 3, 2015
Tokyo bar transformed into Sailor Moon cafe until the end of September
A cafe themed around the globally popular ¡°Sailor Moon¡± manga and anime series opened Monday in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, featuring special food items, songs and goods.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2015
¡®Cool Japan¡¯ complex envisioned in Saitama
Publisher Kadokawa Corp. has unveiled a vision to turn Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, into a hub for the ¡°Cool Japan¡± movement by creating a cultural complex that it claims Japan has never seen the likes of before.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2015
Imagica, Cool Japan Fund in venture to buy translation company SDI Media
Imagica Robot Holdings Inc. is teaming up with Cool Japan Fund Inc., the government-backed promoter of Japanese cultural exports, and Sumitomo Corp. to acquire U.S. movie translation company SDI Media Group Inc.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Dec 12, 2014
Fashion goes festive for the holiday season
Erimaki Sox collars the market
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2014
Cool Japan fund, shippers team up on cold storage facility in Vietnam
Shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. is taking the export drive called Cool Japan literally by helping to build a $15 million refrigerated storage facility in Vietnam.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2013
Cool Japan Fund chief says crafty marketing key to regional revivals
Japan has a wealth of undiscovered products that can be sold around the world, with a little ingenuity, the CEO of the Cool Japan Fund says.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 26, 2013
Branding Japan: Not always onward and upward
Branding is not an exact science. Take for example the recent campaign by Fukushima Industries to launch a new consumer-friendly corporate mascot.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 5, 2013
Manga fans to gather in Kyoto for annual fair
Kyoto is well-known for temples, geisha and other pieces of Japan¡¯s past. This weekend, though, the city will be abuzz with the country¡¯s present treasured artifacts.
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
Aug 28, 2013
Twenty years ago, Cornelius releases the track that defined Shibuya-kei
The song ¡°The Sun is My Enemy,¡± released 20 years ago on Sept. 1, 1993, may have only reached No. 15 on the Japanese singles charts, but its importance lingers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Aug 13, 2013
Otakon celebrates 20 years of anime fandom in the U.S.
The American anime convention, Otakon (¡°Otaku Convention¡°), begins with a costume parade before it officially opens. Last week I had a bird¡¯s-eye view of the spectacle from my 14th-floor hotel room in Baltimore, Maryland. An endless army of imaginary characters trudged across the elevated concourse and...
Magnitude 7.2 quake hits northern Japan
A screenshot of the Japan Meteorological Agency website shows the seismic intensity of Thursday morning's earthquake.
Double barrage of storms to hit Japan this week
A map depicting the paths of Typhoon Mekkhala and Tropical Storm Higos
Two Japanese held in China for allegedly smuggling export-restricted goods
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara speaks during a news conference on Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Masayoshi Son dismisses Musk¡¯s idea for orbital data centers
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son dismissed the idea of space-based data centers, arguing that the AI race will be won by computing power on Earth.
Two storms approach Japan, with possible convergence complicating forecasts
A map depicting the paths of Tropical Storm Mekkhala and Tropical Storm Higos
This is not AI. It¡¯s intentionally, painstakingly human-made art.
Artist Yoshitoshi Kanemaki's exhibition "Emergence Entity" at Shibuya Parco is a rare chance to see a bigger collection of his works together, as they sell out fast.
Remembering the wrestlers who rarely make the headlines
Tsurugisho throws salt at a one-day sumo event at the Kokugikan in Tokyo in February 2020.
China¡¯s mineral squeeze testing Japan¡¯s military buildup
Samples of rare earth luminescent materials displayed at an exhibition on China¡¯s manufacturing achievements at the National Museum in Beijing in March
Stepping up, not aside: Japan¡¯s retirement-age tour guides
Yoichi Miura (third from left) now divides his time between his import business and guiding international visitors across Japan.
Japan-South Korea detente persists ¡ª but breakthrough remains elusive
While Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung have kept relations from sliding backward, experts say they have struggled to turn stability into concrete steps forward.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

Social camouflaging can help neurodivergent people navigate social situations, but researchers say the effort often comes with significant emotional and mental strain.
The challenge of being neurodivergent in Japan¡¯s culture of conformity
By Tomoko Otake

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