Forum - View topicNEWS: Japan's Ministry of Finance Aims to Make Cool Japan Fund Profitable by 2025 or Risk Consolidat
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Aresef
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Doesn't AMC own Sentai et al now? |
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dragonmastr
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If Cool Japan's existence is mainly for promoting anime and manga on an international level, how do they even expect to measure "profitability"?
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WANNFH
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-Matthew-
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Sad if it is true. And I believed they promote in anime and manga. |
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Alan45
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What would they "consolidate" it with? The aged politician's full employment fund? The Pork Producer's Board?
This sounds like that one employee at an office. Constantly being placed on one PIP (personal improvement plan) after another. Always on the edge of being fired but never quite there. |
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Hoppy800
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Scrap it, it's a giant money sink beyond belief.
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Ashen Phoenix
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I'm not familiar with this beyond its name so I'm curious: Has Cool Japan made a trackable contribution to Japan's tourism by way of anime/manga/pop culture promotion across the globe? Like, does anyone have those numbers to argue for its continued existence?
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TarsTarkas
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I still don't understand how you can measure profitability for an organization that promotes Japan. It is not a business, unless it is creating anime shows or manga. Which doesn't seem to be the case.
Now if they are financially in the red, that means they have taken out loans or royalely failed to budget their expenses properly. That has nothing to do with profitability. If they are in the red, someone needs to go to jail. |
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Ming Yi
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One thing that isn't mentioned in this article but by Asahi Shimbun is that an insider stated that the hallyu wave has overtaken public global interest over Cool Japan. K-pop, K-beauty, and Korean fashion are popular among Gen Z Japanese youth, and avant-garde Japanese fashion sub-cultures like gyaru are slowly going out of style as more young Japanese people are now dressing conservatively (i.e. long skirts).
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Blanchimont
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That made me think of something people here often used to say; When economy is in a boom women tend to dress in skimpier skirts, and when on the other hand economy is in a slump women tend to dress in longer skirts. Probably just an old wife's tale and not related in any way of course. But looking at the world right now.... 
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invalidname
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To paraphrase a comment on the AWO Discord, what would be “cool” would be not seeing “this video is not available in your region” on practically all Japanese pop-culture content on YouTube. One reason Korean pop culture is gaining traction is the simple reason that it’s more readily available than its Japanese counterpart.
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