Japan: Gross National Cool

Written byOiwan Lam
Posted 12 January 2007 20 years ago

Neomarxisme blogs about his experience in Japanese popular culture in terms of Gross National Cool: the idea is that this kind of pop cultural influence will translate into a “soft power” for Japan in international relations.

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