Nihongo-sutairu
July 23rd, 2004
BusinessWeek on the shift of pop culture’s source from the US to Japan. Mentioned: manga, Scion xB, drifting. Also interesting is the positively Victorian idea of a “leisure class” in Japan, comprised of women living with their parents to save money (which can then be spent on stuff).
Didn’t this happen at the end of the last century? Wasn’t the
center of culture, fashion, and style Paris, and then the United States
stole it? Well, we had our “it” century, and now we’re … out.