to triple overseas sales of "Cool Japan" content, such as anime, within five years. WHAT IS COOL? Akamatsu said the plan, set to kick off later this year, harked back to overseas promotions such ...

The Japanese government’s Cool Japan Fund has invested $30 million in U.S. anime distributor Sentai as part of its strategy to expand the global market for Japanese content.

It has been 10 years or so since the government launched its Cool Japan marketing strategy ... The spread of anime and Japan’s food culture worldwide has come a long way since Studio Ghibli ...

Which begs the question: Is Japan cool? As a robot-obsessed kid growing up in the 1970s and '80s, I always thought so. But for years, the anime and manga that drove me to learn Japanese and start ...

On Saturday, April 26, 2025, Sportskeeda was notified by Anime Tourism Association that Cool Japan Showcase Anime Manga Tourism Festival will take place in Osaka between April 30, 2025 and May 02 ...

Sentai Filmworks, one of North America’s premier anime distributors, is set to expand, after receiving an investment of $30 million. The cash injection comes from Cool Japan Fund, a public ...

Although appointed Japan's "anime ambassador" in 2008 ... The government has created the $405-million "Cool Japan Fund," a blatant attempt to reclaim the country's lost status as a global ...