URL: http://linecorp.com/en/company/mission LINE, a communication app for electronic devices, launched its advertising service called LINE Ads Platform in June, 2016. It combines a bidding and customised targeting system. There are now 68 million LINE users in Japan, so it’s a date companies who are looking to create targeted ads on LINE are looking forward to.…
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We all know that the fashion bloggers & Instagrammers are very important for brands and Japan is no exception. Although there are many Japanese fashion bloggers/Instagrammers, they can be quite different from those in other countries. This time on JapanBuzz, we’re looking at some popular Japanese fashion bloggers/Instagrammers. Mappy is one of the best…
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URL: https://tokyo2020.jp/en/games/emblem/ Various kinds of sporting events such as Tokyo2020 and 2019 Rugby World Cup will be held in Japan in the near future. This time on JapanBuzz, we’re looking at the digital marketing strategy of sports events campaigns in Japan compared to some sports events in countries outside of Japan. This article will be included following…
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Recently the market share of low cost airline carriers such as Jetstar and Peach has been increasing in Japan. So we are looking at how their digital campaigns have been doing compared to the Japanese traditional airlines, for example JAL and ANA. Both LCC (Low cost carriers) and major airlines in Japan have been experimenting…
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Have you ever heard about ‘Mix channel’? Mix channel is the hottest video-sharing APP in Japan. Especially, popular among teenage girls. Users can create and edit 10 second video content by combining pictures, videos and sounds. They can share their video and of course watch other user’s videos. The App shows ranking of the…
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Japanese Forums are quite popular in Japan and have developed uniquely. There are only a few fashion specific forum websites, but we can see many similar forum Apps. So let’s check out some of these Japanese forum and Fashion APP trends. Forum Girls Talk Girls Talk is a completely anonymous forum only for women. The forum achieved…
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Since the 1980’s people have welcomed luxury brands in Japan. Many Japanese people are fond of history & tradition, so the stories of luxury brands resonate well. Customers buy luxury brand products to express their identity or wealth, however recently due to the recession, many people can’t afford them. In addition, national and international mega fast fashion retail shops play…
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At end of the 2015, Line launched various new services for users and businesses, so we expect 2016 to be a great year for advertising using the Line App. Below you can find 3 new ways your company can succeed by using Line as a marketing strategy in Japan. Line Live Line Live is a…
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Advertising & marketing on Line Japan Line Japan has become a very popular app with over 50 million registered users in Japan and many more across the world as of 2015. So many marketers are asking ‘How can we use Line to market to Japan!?’ The short answer is that Line can be effective tool,…
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In Japan, like the rest of the world, video bloggers or ‘vloggers’ have slowly started to emerge. Often commanding several thousand views they are becoming a popular target for brand collaboration. Here we made a list of some of our favourites. HIKAKIN is a popular beatboxer who has appeared with a number of stars…
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