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CarterJMRN has been tracking daily social media use among the general public aged 16-69 via our Japan Consumer Sentiment Survey since 2017.
On many levels, Japan appears to ignore key elements of what westerners consider to comprise social modernity. One classic example is the profound...
Recently my colleague Debbie Howard and I were interviewed by Jamin Brazil for his Happy Market Research Podcast (a highly recommended podcast if you have an interest...
Back in the last century when I was studying marketing at the University of New South Wales in Australia I was fortunate enough...
Back in 2018 I published an article on LinkedIn titled, ‘Young and Careful: Japan’s Strangely Conservative Youth’. At the time of writing that...
Just this past weekend (October 16-18), the popular animation “Demon Slayer(鬼滅の刃)” released its first movie in cinemas across the nation, shattering all-time opening records by bringing in...