PM hopeful Kono Taro has said some interesting stuff about Japan’s “soft power” entertainment industry, of which animation is ...

Almost a decade after its founding, Cool Japan Fund Inc. may be merged with other investment funds or eliminated if it cannot turn around its losses soon. That was a proposal a subcommittee of the ...

The central government originally created Cool Japan Fund Inc. in 2013 to support overseas sales of cultural products such as anime and Japanese cuisine, and saw it as a potential winner that ...

Tokyo has shared “serious concerns” with Beijing after a Chinese aircraft carrier traversed a section of the sea within Japan ...

Although the Cool Japan policy consists mostly of export promotion policies and thus is deeply related to trade policy, its trade-related issues have not been investigated in detail. If Japan is to ...

Not too many countries can count 'being cool' among their marketable exports. However, Japan is one of the few countries whose pop culture has exploded overseas. Japanese food, fashion, anime, and ...

The Japanese market has so many niches that there ... The current phase concentrates on products that cool individuals rather than environments. The most popular products now are vests with ...

"By realizing a society in which workers can choose from a variety of working styles based on their circumstances, we aim to ...

Japan in spring is famous for its cherry blossoms, or sakura, which begin flowering in the southern region of Kyushu and ...

TOKYO — Japan erupted with joy Monday as the samurai series “Shogun” won a record 18 Emmys for its first season.

"Without sufficient cool days over winter, endodormancy cannot break and Yoshino buds cannot flower," says Miyawaki-Kuwakado. "Therefore, it's important to predict the impact of global warming, ...