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Japan's "Cool Japan" Initiative was a major cornerstone of its soft power policy and greatly contributed to their reintegration into regional and global leadership. [3] Cool Japan has been described as a form of soft power, [4] [5] with the ability to "indirectly influence behavior or interests through cultural or ideological means". [6] [7]
NHK World-Japan HD currently broadcasts from Intelsat 19 166°E, 68.5°E, Astra 19.2°E, Hot Bird 13°E, 58°W, to SES-3 103°W. [5] Some of the shows are produced by production studio JIB TV , which is 60% owned by NHK with the remaining 40% owned by private investors like Microsoft and Japanese bank Mizuho .
Tokyo Design Week (TDW), formally known as Tokyo Designers Week, was an annual design event that occurred from 2005 to 2016, at Meiji Jingu Gaien in central Tokyo, Japan. [1] The event featured product design , interior design and had expanded to include art and graphic design as well as short films .
March 20, 1662 (Kanbun 2, 1st day of the 2nd month): There was a violent earthquake in Heian-kyō which destroyed the tomb of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. [3]1662 (Kanbun 2): Emperor Gosai ordered Tosa Hiromichi (土佐広通, 1599–1670), a Tosa-school disciple, to adopt the name Sumiyoshi (probably in reference to a 13th-century painter, Sumiyoshi Keinin 住吉慶忍), upon assuming a position as ...
Following the introduction of the European HD ready logo in 2005, a year later 1366 × 768 was the most popular resolution for liquid crystal display televisions (versus XGA for Plasma TVs flat panel displays); [104] [failed verification] By 2013, even this was relegated to only being used in smaller or cheaper displays (e.g. "bedroom" LCD TVs ...
1080p (1920 × 1080 progressively displayed pixels; also known as Full HD or FHD, and BT.709) is a set of HDTV high-definition video modes characterized by 1,920 pixels displayed across the screen horizontally and 1,080 pixels down the screen vertically; [1] the p stands for progressive scan, i.e. non-interlaced.
' pilgrimage to sacred places ') is a Japanese buzzword and internet slang term describing a form of pop-culture tourism or film tourism where fans of anime subculture-related media make visits to real-world locations featured as settings, backgrounds, or general inspiration for their favorite series.
This is a list of Japanese inventions and discoveries.The Japanese have made contributions across a number of scientific, technological and art domains. In particular, the country has played a crucial role in the digital revolution since the 20th century, with many modern revolutionary and widespread technologies in fields such as electronics and robotics introduced by Japanese inventors and ...