magazines Archive

• 4October 8, 2009

  Omake trends – fashion magazines offer something extra

  Japanese marketing has long had the concept of おまけ (”o-ma-ke”), a small extra or incentive for the consumer. Typically this …

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• 1November 26, 2008

  Mote Job, attractive work for attractive young women

  Even the “moteru” might need to have a job and it occurred to Cotora Japan that they might prefer a …

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• 2September 11, 2008

  Tokyo Girls Collection gets green

  At exactly 3pm the 7th edition of the much-feted Tokyo Girls Collection began with the following address: “From a tiny …

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• 3September 1, 2008

  SNS for manga artists from Futabasha Press

  Manga publisher Futabasha recently established an SNS community for would-be manga artists. “Manga Yomou!” (“Let’s read manga!”) allows members to …

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• 1August 29, 2008

  Ebi-chan “graduates” to big-sister magazine Ane Cam

  So it comes with little surprises that publisher Shogakukan announced last week that Ebi-chan, who will turn 29 next month, …

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