Show Biz Japan! #2 December, 2005

Japanese Entertainment News from JETRO

JETRO hopes this newsletter and its contents will be informative and of assistance in helping you generate new business initiatives.

Our next newsletter will be sent out in March 2006. Happy Holidays to everyone!!

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Top Stories

• The World of The Geisha
• Hayao Miyazaki Featured on TCM
• Japan’s Entertainment Industry Under M&A Pressure
• New Media Collaboration: Magazine – TV - Website
• Girls’ Comics Found New Partners
• Film Fund Financing Becomes Popular in Japan
• Mini-Trend of Location Business
• Caught Up in the Whirlwind of “NANA”
• The Scariest J-Horror “Pulse”
• Asian Edge: New DVD Label for Asian Independent Filmmakers
• Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF)
• Short Shorts Film Festival in Aichi Expo 2005
• Tofu Records
• Utada Goes to Europe
• SECURE CD Introduced by TOSHIBA EMI
• Apple iTunes Music Store Launched in Japan

Actress to Watch

• Kyoko Fukada: The Prototypical Harajuku Girl

Event Report

• Thank You and See You at the AFM in 2006!

Industrial Reports

• Videogame Industry (September 29)
• Publishing Industry (September 2)
• Animation Industry (July 7)
• Film Industry (June 22)

About EPJ

The EPJ (Entertainment Platform of JAPAN) is an exciting initiative aimed at fostering ties between the entertainment industries of Japan and the U.S.

For more information about the EPJ’s activities, please check: http://www.jetro.org/epj

For your inquires, please contact us at: http://www.jetro.org/contactepj