In Boston recently, a journalist asked me: Is Japan really doing anything with its "soft power," or is it just a lot of talk
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.
(www.animemasterpieces.com), a venture that combines anime screenings with lectures, seminars and study guides.
The program is the brainchild of Gorgeous Entertainment, a bicultural production company based in New York, and it is supported by the Japan External Trade Organization, t
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