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Eight years have passed since American journalist Douglas McGray first coined the phrase, but now the Japanese government is getting behind "Cool Japan" in a big way. A new Creative Industries Promotion Office was established in June within the Manufacturing Industries Bureau of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to coordinate the promotion of "cultural industries" by various arms of government such as the Agency for Cultural Affairs, METI, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Origins of Manga and Anime | Culture Monster | Los Angeles Times - 2 views
Animation: Outsourcing is slowly erasing Japan's anime industry - latimes.com - 3 views
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As production houses cut costs by sending animation jobs to South Korea, India and Vietnam, the number of experienced workers in Japan is shrinking. Competitors in China are another threat to Japan's cultural icon.
No curbs on child sex in comics - 2 views
Down, but Not Out: Manga Holds On in a Tough Market - 2 views
Scanlation complications | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News an... - 2 views
Japan Expo 2010 : En dépit d'une baisse, le marché du manga reste très toniqu... - 0 views
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It is in French only, but an interesting article about the evolution of the manga market in France. It also highlights the progressive gaining of a foothold in Europe by Japanese publishers, especially through Viz Media Europe.
Akihabara: touring Tokyo's geek mecca - 1 views
Tokyo's 'Nonexistent Youth' Bill Faces Defeat in June - Anime News Network - 1 views
My Darling is a Foreigner in English Manga Put on iPad - Anime News Network - 0 views
Promoting 'Cool Japan' | The Japan Times Online - 3 views
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Mr. Kondo believes that the free market was originally a tool for increased prosperity and a richer nonmaterial life, but that it somehow became an end in itself. A task for the 21st century is to move toward a richer spiritual life, and he thinks Japan is in a unique position for that as a non-Western economic power. While a bureaucratic-led push for creativity has its problems, any soft power contribution Japan can make to the world will surely be welcomed, especially if it can also stimulate renewed self-confidence and vitality within Japan itself.
IndianAuteur - 2 views
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Indian Auteur is an independently run e-magazine, website, forum and blog started in Feb 2009.
SOFT POWER, HARD TRUTHS / Japan's global power: soft or wilted? : DY Weekend : Features... - 0 views
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In Boston recently, a journalist asked me: Is Japan really doing anything with its "soft power," or is it just a lot of talk
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With a few notable exceptions, the explosion of interest in Japan's pop cultural exports has been ignited by foreigners' passions and sustained by Internet accessibility. The phenomenon is largely demand-driven, a product of quality content being sought and consumed by overseas fans, academics and artists. Japanese pop culture is being pulled into foreign markets far more than it is being pushed.
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(www.animemasterpieces.com), a venture that combines anime screenings with lectures, seminars and study guides.
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