Marketing Holiday Calendar in Japan 2025

A marketing holiday calendar in Japan is a schedule that lists all the different holidays and special dates throughout the year. It’s very useful for businesses because it tells them when it’s a good time to advertise and promote their products, services, or special deals to boost sales in the Japanese market. By preparing an […]
What are the trends for Japanese Influence Marketing in 2022?

If you want to know what trends are coming to the Japanese Influencer market, this is the right place. In the last year, we have seen the domestic influencer industry in Japan scale significantly with advertising spend moving away from traditional channels into the influencer sphere. As more people stayed home due to several waves […]
5 Reasons why Japanese Influencer Marketing is Unique

Japan is renowned across the world for its unique cultural identity and intricate social customs. Despite this, the planning required to break into the 3rd largest economy in the world is often lacking. As in other countries, the quickest and most effective way to increase your brand awareness in Japan is through Japanese Influencer marketing. […]
Japanese Influencer Marketing Trends for 2021

Influencer marketing in Japan has grown very quickly over the past few years. This is in line with global trends and according to estimates, influencer marketing spend is globally set to increase up to $15 billion dollars by 2022. Even the Covid-19 pandemic couldn’t stop its growth last year and only strengthened the power of […]
Japanese Influencer Marketing in 2020: A year in review

Looking back on the last twelve months, here at JapanBuzz we’ve been reflecting on what has been an extraordinary year and how it might affect the world of Japanese Influencer Marketing in 2021. The impact of Covid-19 has touched every workplace and restrictions on daily life are still continuing for many of us. We have […]
Japanese Influencer Marketing for E-commerce

Japan’s E-commerce market ranks fourth in the world behind the U.S, China, and the U.K, and is expected to reach $325 billion USD by the end of 2026. Due to its internet penetration rate north of 93% even for older generations, highly urbanised population and highly developed distribution channel, E-commerce revenue is also forecast to […]
A guide to media buying in Japan

Media buying in Japan is big business, with most of the 126.5 million Japanese population exposed to advertising each day. In fact the total spend for advertising in Japan last year was around ¥6,938.1 billion yen (around $64.8 billion). The Media buying process ranges across multiple platforms and includes purchase, negotiation, and arrangement – aiming […]
Using the Shop Now for Instagram in Japan

The “Shop now” feature for Instagram launched in Japan in June 2018. This feature allows users to shop products in a seamless way when using instagram. Before the Shop Now feature was introduced, URL within posts could not be displayed as link, so brands put just one URL in their profiles, directing users to visit […]
Jitan Cosume, how Beauty Brands run their Social Media and Influencer Marketing in Japan

Japanese people are known for being punctual, and most Japanese women work hard to find time to apply makeup, especially in the morning before going to work or school. Often though they can’t spend 30 minutes or an hour every morning on makeup, so some Japanese women have found a way to do makeup in […]
Japanese Influencer Marketing trends for 2020

Influencer marketing continued to rise last year in Japan and we can be sure it will be bigger than ever in 2020. This means that you can expect to see more and more #pr (Japan’s official PR hashtag) posts in your social media feeds. Studies show that by 2020, influencer marketing spend globally by brands […]