Japan’s Kawaii Culture Went Global by Refusing to Change, Say Nakagawa Yusuke and Kimura Misa at Golden Melody Festival

Asobisystem's Nakagawa Yusuke and Kawaii Lab's Kimura Misa on how Japan's kawaii culture built global audiences by embracing ...

Survey shows Japan’s business sentiment improving for a 5th straight quarter

The Bank of Japan has reported its quarterly survey of business sentiment among major Japanese manufacturers rose to 22 in ...

Japan business mood hits 8-year high, builds case for BOJ rate hikes

Japanese business mood ​climbed to an eight-year high and corporate inflation expectations rose to record levels, a quarterly ...

YouTube Captures More Than 65% of Japan’s Digital VOD Hours, With News and Baseball Leading Viewership

New ampd Analytics data shows YouTube reached 72 million Japan viewers in May, led by news and baseball content.

YouTube Takes Most Of Japanese On-Demand Viewing – AMPD Analytics

YouTube is by far the dominant digital streaming player in Japan, new research shows. Behavioral data from AMDP Analytics ...
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Film photography is booming in Japan – but the nostalgic comeback has an unusually modern reason for thriving

Film photography has returned as part of the larger analog tech trend, but nearly half say social media inspired them to try film When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Dyadic Expands IP Protection and Business Development Activities in Japan

Dyadic International, Inc. (Nasdaq: DYAI) (“Dyadic” or the “Company”), d/b/a Dyadic Applied BioSolutions, a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of scalable microbial ...
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'A nuisance': Kids spark safety concerns with 'Scuba Dance' social media trend

Dashcam video captured kids riding e-bikes and scooters without helmets at a Florida drive-thru Sunday night, with one of them walking to random cars and performing a social media trend called "the ...
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Doctors warn of dangerous tan-maxxing trend sweeping social media

US health experts are sounding the alarm over "tan-maxxing": a social media trend in which young people deliberately chase maximum sun exposure to achieve the darkest possible tan. A survey by the ...
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Lululemon yoga event on Great Wall of China causes Japanese drum furor

Activewear brand Lululemon is in hot water in China after a promotional event held on the Great Wall appeared to mistakenly feature a Japanese drum – setting off an online furor. The consumer backlash ...
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What Is The Benadryl Challenge? Teen Left Critically Ill After Trying Trend

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An Oklahoma teenager is critically ill after trying a viral social ...
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Gen Z calls the new social media trend ‘tanmaxxing.’ CT experts call it ‘harmful’ and ‘destructive’

A recent trend on TikTok, Instagram and other social media platforms touting “tanmaxxing” have health experts concerned about the skin of young people, in particular Generation Z. “Tanfluencers” ...