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Nikkei Asia
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Nikkei Asia
Anime, Japan's cultural crown jewel, faces foreign invasion
Movie-goers wait in line to see "Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle" in Tokyo on July 18. The film rode a global anime boom to set a Japanese box office record. © Kyodo Douglas Montgomery is CEO of Global Connects Media and an adjunct professor at Temple University Japan. Unbelievable as it may seem, anime may be generating more headlines this summer than Trump's tariffs. Undisputed streaming champion Netflix reports that 50% of its global users now watch anime, the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 3 hosted a sold-out One Piece Night and "Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle" just shattered Japan's opening weekend record with a $38 million box office.
Nikkei Asia
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Nikkei Asia
Japan can't export cool without strategic thinking
Douglas Montgomery is CEO of Global Connects Media and an adjunct professor at Temple University Japan. In the world of pop culture, few stories are as remarkable -- or instructive -- as the rise of the "Korean wave," or hallyu. Over the past two decades, South Korea has transformed itself from a modest exporter of niche media into a cultural superpower with global household names in music, film, television and fashion. Japan, by comparison, remains rich in cultural capital but underleveraged in global influence -- soft power.
