About Cool-Japan

Now, Japanese pop culture spread to the world. Cool-Japan phenomenon began in 1990s. I haven't imagined it become such popular. When I stayed in California, no American knew about Japanese pop culture. However, many of friends who emailed to me know enjoy Japanese pop culture. Most of them are more informed with trendy ones than me.



Mariah Carey, Cameron Diaz and Britney Spears are a big fan of "Hello-Kitty". Pokemon is translated to 25 languages and broadcasted in more than 60 countries. In addition, Hello-Kitty is same age as me. Also, I was astonished that there are many "Otaku" people in the world. I can't believe my eyes.



Now "Kawaii" is getting be a global language. (Kawaii means "cute". ) The aesthetic feeling of Kawaii are accepted by many non-Japanese.



I knew Japan is gazed enviously by many non-Japanese people however, I haven't imagined even Londoner and Parisian also like Hello-Kitty. That young People in the world enjoy Japanese pop-culture is that they identify with Japanese. This situation must be a fortune of Japan.



Even though politicians often talk about amicability ideologically, I think ideology don't throw up enough affinity. A thinker Mr. Kariya Kojin said "Literature can be politics in advanced interpretation." Hmm, aha, affinity would be able to more powerful tie than ideology.". Pop culture, for example Anime, is a kind of literature in advanced interpretation, I think.



Even Hollywood celebrity said "Japan is cool". Hmm, I can't believe my eyes. I can't understand why Japanese pop-culture is accepted by all over the world. Anyway, what I cannot help understanding is that Japanese pop-culture has an universal status. If it has only newness, Cool-Japan didn't abide. Also I guess the "Cool-Japan Phenomenon" is closely-linked to Japan's high tech. For example, I can't regard that "Spirited Away" and Toyota's "Prius" have no connection with each other.



To write blog, I want to write more about what I am thinking. I want to write about JAPAN's bright future because recent Japanese people are overly negative about our future. I firmly believe Japan's future is very bright. American future, Vietnamese future are also bright, even though America and Japan will decay relatively. Oh, anyway, time to quite.



Have a nice day.