Neo-Ottomanism and Cool Japan in comparative perspective

Turkey and Japan have comparable histories of modernization beginning in the nineteenth century. They have since then produced modernities that are considered a mix of “Eastern” and “Western.” Over recent decades, both faced the question of what comes after modernity and began manufacturing their versions of authenticities and cultural exports. This paper comparatively locates two symptoms of this process. “Neo-Ottomanism” refers to the increasing cultural consumption of Turkey’s imperial past while “Cool Japan” emphasizes popular products in entertainment, fashion, youth culture, and food, intending to shift Japan’s image to a “cool” place. Both projects, in different ways, are sponsored by the state; yet their reception in popular culture illustrates the vexed relationship between the state and culture: while states endeavor to colonize culture for their own interests, popular culture provides avenues to outwit the state’s attempts. Popular culture’s autonomy in both contexts has to do with the collapse of traditional hierarchies, which has paved the ways for the promotion and export of new identity claims. Local and global representations of neo-Ottomanism and Cool Japan differ. Internally, they are fragmented; externally, they are linked to international “soft power,” and offer alternatives modernities in Turkey and Japan’s regional areas of influence.

Japan’s Exports of Creative Goods: Current Challenges and State Policy

For the last two or three decades, concepts such as ‘creative industries’ and ‘creative economy’ have become widely recognized and influential in both academic literature and business practice. Creative industries are believed to be a key engine of economic growth in the current era. In Japan, development of the nation’s creative industries is an essential priority of the state, and various measures aimed at achieving this goal have been implemented, which are often collectively referred to as ‘Cool Japan’ strategy. It is assumed that cultural and creative industries present Japan with a possibility to revitalize the national economy after the long period of unsatisfactory performance known as ‘the Lost Decade’ and to strengthen the country’s position on the global political arena. There are numerous academic studies dedicated to the analysis of ‘Cool Japan’ strategy and the accession of Japan’s creative industries’ performance. The authors of these studies, who are often sceptical of ‘Cool Japan’ strategy, highlight several factors hindering Japanese creative exports, such as insufficient international marketing efforts and underdeveloped international distribution networks. Furthermore, it is asserted that Japanese creative exports are restricted by the Japanese content producers’ hesitation to switch to digital technologies and by their focus on catering to the domestic market (‘Galapagos syndrome’). Collaboration between Japanese animation producers and Netflix is a notable exception. National creative industries policy could play an important role in overcoming of all challenges mentioned above.

DIPLOMASI DUA BUDAYA: STUDI KASUS PERBANDINGAN STRATEGI DIPLOMASI POP CULTURE KOREA SELATAN DAN JEPANG DI INDONESIA

ABSTRAKPenelitian ini menggambarkan tentang perbandingan strategi diplomasi pop culture yang dilakukan oleh Korea Selatan dan Jepang. Pembahasan difokuskan pada pelaksanaan strategi Korean Wave dan Cool Japan dalam menyebarkann industri hiburannya ke berbagai negara di dunia termasuk di Indonesia, yang bertujuan untuk meningkatkan pertumbuhan ekonomi, walaupun pada awalnya hanya untuk menaikkan citra positif negara di mata dunia.Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam proses penyusunan skripsi ini adalah metode deskriptif komparatif. Sedangkan teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan berdasarkan data primer dalam bentuk situs resmi pemerintah maupun surat kabar nasional dan internasional yang mengungkapkan hasil wawancara, dan data sekunder dalam bentuk telaah pustaka (library research), yaitu dengan mengumpulkan seluruh data dari berbagai literatur yang telah diperoleh dari beberapa tempat penelitian, seperti buku, majalah, surat kabar harian, artikel ilmiah, situs internet, jurnal, dokumen, perjanjian dan makalah ilmiah, yang berkaitan langsung mengenai permasalahan.Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa Korean Wave dan Cool Japan mengekspansi industri hiburan yang mengandung nilai-nilai kebudayaan Korea dan Jepang dengan bantuan aktor-aktor dari negaranya, seperti pemerintah, swasta atau pebisnis, dan media. Aktor-aktor tersebut memiliki berbagai strategi yang membawa pengaruh terhadap perkembangan industri hiburan kedua negara. Kata kunci : Korean wave, cool Japan, diplomasi budayaABSTRACTThis research describes about the comparison of Pop Culture Diplomacy Strategy which conduct by South Korea and Japan. This Explanation focused on The Strategy Implementation of Korean Wave and Cool Japan at spreading the Entertainment to country all around the world including Indonesia. This phenomenon had a goal to expand the economic rate even though for the first, it just for the positive imaging in the world. The Research Methodology had used is comparative descriptive. The Data collection based on the primary data in government official site, national and international newspaper which have a data related to interview. The seconder data is library research by gathering whole data from several literature which got by some research spot. They’re such as book, magazine, newspaper, science article, internet site, journal, document, the agreement, and Science Paper which have a correlation to the subject research. The result of this research shows the Korean Wave and Cool Japan had expanded the entertainment industry which have the culture value of Korea and Japan through the figure of actor from their own country. They’re such as Government, entrepreneur and even the businessman and also media. Those actors have several strategy which take the influence of the entertainment on those countries.

Hacia una imaginación goblal hecha a medida. Jimoto PR anime, ¿una nueva era en la producción del anime?

<p>El anime se ha convertido en una de las grandes bazas de la diplomacia pública japonesa para publicitar el encanto de Japón. El gobierno japonés es consciente de este hecho, y apoya más que nunca el movimiento Cool Japan. Como resultado, algunos anime ya no exportan una visión personal de Japón, sino una hecha a medida. En relación con la creciente popularidad del anime, desde los años noventa del pasado siglo el peregrinaje otaku ha atraído turismo y revitalizado así la economía de las prefecturas. Podemos decir, por tanto, que el peregrinaje otaku es una consecuencia del éxito del anime. Sin embargo, recientemente ha habido un incremento en los anime cuyo principal objetivo es la promoción de prefecturas concretas. Mediante el estudio de algunos casos representativos, pretendemos investigar qué aspectos está interesado en promocionar Japón y cómo lo hace.</p>

Japón y la búsqueda del poder blando:

Japón es un país sumamente rico en cultura e historia y también un centro líder en diesño e innovación. Desde las artesanías tradicionales con un atractivo moderno hasta los alimentos gourmet y los productos culturales de vanguardia, Japón está redefiniendo su reputación como nación pionera en creatividad, diseño, moda y entretenimiento. La presente investigación se propone analizar de qué modo el Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio (METI) buscó incrementar el poder blando de Japón a través de la estrategia Cool Japan durante el período 2010-2017. Para poder dar cuenta del objetivo planteado, se examinan los incentivos del METI para desarrollar la estrategia y las medidas que se aplicaron para la puesta en marcha de la misma.