The annual CJPF (Cool Japan Platform) Award saw 18 winners announced on March 5. Now in its ninth year (including its predecessor, the Cool Japan Matching Award), it showcases some of the most ...

The central government originally created Cool Japan Fund Inc. in 2013 to support overseas sales of cultural products such as anime and Japanese cuisine, and saw it as a potential winner that ...

Although the Cool Japan policy consists mostly of export promotion policies and thus is deeply related to trade policy, its trade-related issues have not been investigated in detail. If Japan is to ...

Ishiba, whose key policy goals include revitalization and making “a joyful Japan,” said he supports effort toward making a “cute, energetic and cool” Japan and that he hopes such events to ...

Almost a decade after its founding, Cool Japan Fund Inc. may be merged with other investment funds or eliminated if it cannot turn around its losses soon. That was a proposal a subcommittee of the ...