Japanese popular culture (English Wikipedia)

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npr.org

"Video: Japan's 'Purikura' Photo Booths Offer Snapchat-Like Filters". NPR. July 3, 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2019.

parrotanalytics.com

"Japanese Anime Captured $19.8 Billion in 2023 Global Revenue, Cementing Japan's Role as a Global Entertainment Leader". Parrot Analytics. 19 December 2024.

pcgamer.com

"The surprising explosion of RPG Maker on Steam". PC Gamer. 12 April 2017.

pilot.co.jp

Corporation, PILOT. "『ネオックス・グラファイト✕にじさんじコラボ』限定発売 | プレスリリース | PILOT". www.pilot.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-11-18.

polygon.com

"Paperback manga has taken over the world". Polygon. 13 May 2021.

qz.com

"How Japan's global image morphed from military empire to eccentric pop-culture superpower". Quartz. 2020-05-27.

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Yamaguchi, Shinichi; Iyanaga, Kotaro; Sakaguchi, Hirohide; Tanaka, Tatsuo (2017). "The Substitution Effect of Mobile Games on Console Games: An Empirical Analysis of the Japanese Video Game Industry". The Review of Socionetwork Strategies. 11 (2): 95–110. doi:10.1007/s12626-017-0014-1.

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rutgers.edu

"Why are manga outselling superhero comics?". Rutgers Today. 5 December 2019.

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Marchand, André; Hennig-Thurau, Thorsten (August 2013). "Value Creation in the Video Game Industry: Industry Economics, Consumer Benefits, and Research Opportunities". Journal of Interactive Marketing. 27 (3): 141–157. doi:10.1016/j.intmar.2013.05.001.
Liao, Sara X. T. (2016). "Japanese Console Games Popularization in China: Governance, Copycats, and Gamers". Games and Culture. 11 (3): 275–297. doi:10.1177/1555412015583574. ISSN 1555-4120. S2CID 147283833.
Chen, Chi-Ying (2013). "Is the Video Game a Cultural Vehicle?". Games and Culture. 8 (6): 408–427. doi:10.1177/1555412013493349. ISSN 1555-4120. S2CID 147444677.
Toth, Csaba (2008). "J-Pop and performances of young female identity". Young. 16 (2): 111–129. doi:10.1177/110330880801600201. S2CID 145767059.

sciencescholar.us

Mamat, Roslina; Rashid, Roswati Abdul; Paee, Rokiah; Ahmad, Normah (2022-05-31). "VTubers and anime culture: A case study of Japanese learners in two public universities in Malaysia". International Journal of Health Sciences. 6 (S2): 11958–11974. doi:10.53730/ijhs.v6nS2.8231. ISSN 2550-696X.

scmp.com

Richard James, Havis (2020-10-06). "What makes animator Hayao Miyazaki's films so special?". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2023-06-24.

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Iwabuchi, Koichi (2015-08-08). "Pop-culture diplomacy in Japan: soft power, nation branding and the question of 'international cultural exchange'". International Journal of Cultural Policy. 21 (4): 419–432. doi:10.1080/10286632.2015.1042469. ISSN 1028-6632. S2CID 143257452.
Sugimoto, Yoshio (April 22, 2014). "Japanese society: Inside out and outside in". International Sociology. 29 (3): 191–208. doi:10.1177/0268580914530416. S2CID 144281725.
Okamoto, Takeshi (2014). "Otaku Tourism and the Anime Pilgrimage Phenomenon in Japan". Japan Forum. 27: 12–36. doi:10.1080/09555803.2014.962565. S2CID 145267918.
Liao, Sara X. T. (2016). "Japanese Console Games Popularization in China: Governance, Copycats, and Gamers". Games and Culture. 11 (3): 275–297. doi:10.1177/1555412015583574. ISSN 1555-4120. S2CID 147283833.
Chen, Chi-Ying (2013). "Is the Video Game a Cultural Vehicle?". Games and Culture. 8 (6): 408–427. doi:10.1177/1555412013493349. ISSN 1555-4120. S2CID 147444677.
Mōri, Yoshitaka (2009). "J-pop: From the ideology of creativity to DiY music culture". Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. 10 (4): 474–488. doi:10.1080/14649370903166093. S2CID 145107827.
Toth, Csaba (2008). "J-Pop and performances of young female identity". Young. 16 (2): 111–129. doi:10.1177/110330880801600201. S2CID 145767059.
McLeod, Ken (November 12, 2013). "Visual Kei: Hybridity and Gender in Japanese Popular Culture". Young. 21 (4): 309–325. doi:10.1177/1103308813506145. S2CID 145516505.
Lu, Zhicong; Shen, Chenxinran; Li, Jiannan; Shen, Hong; Wigdor, Daniel (2021-05-07). "More Kawaii than a Real-Person Live Streamer: Understanding How the Otaku Community Engages with and Perceives Virtual YouTubers". Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (PDF). CHI '21. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 1–14. doi:10.1145/3411764.3445660. ISBN 978-1-4503-8096-6. S2CID 231894907.

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Lu, Zhicong; Shen, Chenxinran; Li, Jiannan; Shen, Hong; Wigdor, Daniel (2021-05-07). "More Kawaii than a Real-Person Live Streamer: Understanding How the Otaku Community Engages with and Perceives Virtual YouTubers". Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (PDF). CHI '21. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 1–14. doi:10.1145/3411764.3445660. ISBN 978-1-4503-8096-6. S2CID 231894907.

spectator.co.uk

"How Japan became a pop culture superpower | The Spectator". The Spectator. 31 January 2015.

ssrn.com

Rayna1 Striukova2, Thierry1 Ludmila2 (June 30, 2014). "'Few to Many': Change of Business Model Paradigm in the Video Game Industry". Digiworld Economic Journal. 94 (2): 61–81.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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Mōri, Yoshitaka (2009). "J-pop: From the ideology of creativity to DiY music culture". Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. 10 (4): 474–488. doi:10.1080/14649370903166093. S2CID 145107827.

theconversation.com

Tamaki, Taku (26 April 2017). "Japan has turned its culture into a powerful political tool". The Conversation.

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"THE FOUNDER". Tsuburaya Productions. Archived from the original on May 18, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022.

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"8:16 – 2016年12月6日". Nikkei Style. 2017-01-04.

voyapon.com

Toccoli, Anna (2022-08-09). "VTuber in Japan: What Are They & Who is the Most Popular?". VOYAPON. Retrieved 2023-10-27.

web-japan.org

"The Kawaii Ambassadors (Ambassadors of Cuteness) | Pop Culture | Trends in Japan | Web Japan". web-japan.org. Retrieved 2018-04-13.

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Minoru Matsutani (2009-08-25). "Pop 'idol' phenomenon fades into dispersion". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 2011-09-07.
"ももクロ、初のAKB超えタレントパワーランキング". Nihon Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). 24 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
タレントパワーランキングトップ100. Nikkei Entertainment (in Japanese) (June, 2013): 48–49. 2013-05-04.
タレントパワーランキングトップ100. Nikkei Entertainment (in Japanese) (June, 2014). 2014-05-02.
タレントパワーランキングトップ100. Nikkei Entertainment (in Japanese) (June, 2015). 2015-05-02.
タレントパワーランキングトップ100. Nikkei Entertainment (in Japanese) (June, 2016). 2016-05-04.
タレントパワーランキングトップ100. Nikkei Entertainment (in Japanese) (June, 2017). 2017-05-04.
"トクサツは日本の伝統文化である". The Nikkei (in Japanese). Nikkei, Inc. June 17, 2021. Archived from the original on July 3, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
"THE FOUNDER". Tsuburaya Productions. Archived from the original on May 18, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
Bolton, Doug (July 7, 2015). "Godzilla creator Eiji Tsuburaya celebrated in Google Doodle". The Independent. Archived from the original on July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022.

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Thorsten Botz-Bornstein. The Cool-Kawaii: Afro-Japanese Aesthetics and New World Modernity. Lanham: Lexington Books. 2011. ISBN 978-0-7391-4845-7. OCLC 956653788.
Iwabuchi, Koichi (2015-08-08). "Pop-culture diplomacy in Japan: soft power, nation branding and the question of 'international cultural exchange'". International Journal of Cultural Policy. 21 (4): 419–432. doi:10.1080/10286632.2015.1042469. ISSN 1028-6632. S2CID 143257452.
Reiko, Yano, Christine (2013-04-29). Pink globalization : Hello Kitty's trek across the Pacific. Durham. ISBN 9780822353515. OCLC 813540813.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Iwata-Weickgenannt, Kristina; Rosenbaum, Roman (2014-11-27). Visions of precarity in Japanese popular culture and literature. Iwata-Weickgenannt, Kristina,, Rosenbaum, Roman. Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN 9781317619109. OCLC 897376746.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Gabriella., Lukács (2010). Scripted affects, branded selves : television, subjectivity, and capitalism in 1990s Japan. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822393238. OCLC 662616872.
Minamida, Katsuya; Tsuji, Izumi (2012). Pop Culture and the Everyday in Japan: Sociological Perspectives. Translated by Stickland, Leonie R. Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press. ISBN 978-1-92090-145-5. OCLC 809002245.
Liao, Sara X. T. (2016). "Japanese Console Games Popularization in China: Governance, Copycats, and Gamers". Games and Culture. 11 (3): 275–297. doi:10.1177/1555412015583574. ISSN 1555-4120. S2CID 147283833.
Chen, Chi-Ying (2013). "Is the Video Game a Cultural Vehicle?". Games and Culture. 8 (6): 408–427. doi:10.1177/1555412013493349. ISSN 1555-4120. S2CID 147444677.
Mamat, Roslina; Rashid, Roswati Abdul; Paee, Rokiah; Ahmad, Normah (2022-05-31). "VTubers and anime culture: A case study of Japanese learners in two public universities in Malaysia". International Journal of Health Sciences. 6 (S2): 11958–11974. doi:10.53730/ijhs.v6nS2.8231. ISSN 2550-696X.
Anderson, Natasha (2021-10-11). "Hatsune Miku, Virtual Idols, and Transforming the Popular Music Experience". Music.ology.eca: 43, 44. doi:10.2218/music.2021.6478. ISSN 2752-7069.