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 ...

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 ...

Japanese exports rose 7.2% year-on-year in January (vs 2.8% in December, 7.7% market consensus). Japanese trade data suggest a modest economic recovery underway in the current quarter. But the ...

Japan's exports to the U.S. rose 10.5% in February from a year earlier due to stronger demand for cars and power-generating machines. Japan reported a 918.8 billion yen trade surplus with the U.S.