Politics · Japan · 2 hrs ago
Japan plans centralized support to promote anime and games overseas
Japan plans a specialized entity to promote its content overseas.
The effort covers anime, video games, manga, music and live-action productions.
A government task force held its first discussions on Thursday about setting up the entity.
It is planned as a different kind of organization from the ailing Cool Japan fund, which was a public-private fund.
The aim is to help Japanese content reach international markets.
The task force is discussing how the new entity will be formed.
Japan plans to create a specialized entity to help promote its content in international markets.
The planned support would cover anime, video games, manga, music and live-action productions.
A task force held its first discussions on forming the entity on Thursday.
The entity is not planned as a public-private fund like Cool Japan.
- Who
- Japan's government plans to establish the entity.
- What
- A specialized entity would help promote Japanese content overseas.
- When
- A task force held its first discussions on the plan on Thursday.
- Where
- Japan; the entity is intended to support promotion in international markets.
- Why
- To boost Japan's content industry.
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- Content covered
- Anime, video games, manga, music and live-action productions
- International focus
- Promotion in international markets
- First discussions
- Thursday | A task force discussed forming the entity for the first time
- Model
- Not a public-private fund like Cool Japan