We’ve argued before that commercial brands coming from emerging countries such as Brazil, China and India should use their nationality as a marketing asset more, and that they can do it across many industries. But they are not alone. Even brands coming from a country with a strong nation brand such as Japan could use…
Following the March 11 disaster, Interbrand conducted a survey to understand changes in the way “Brand Japan” is perceived overseas. The survey looked at changes in perceptions about Japan before and after the disaster among consumers in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. The survey covered five industries: automotive, consumer electronics, cosmetics and…
Japan’s reputation as a safe and efficiently-governed country has been negatively altered since the multiple disasters of March this year, but it would be a myopic mistake to think that things were fine before then. The truth is that Japan’s image has been taking a beating from well before that day when the Earth moved…
Welcome to the Nippon-Nordic Confederation – a new country sitting on the globe’s top. This new nation is our inventive approach to what an imaginary country would be like if Tyler Brûlé, former Wallpaper* magazine founder and current editor-in-chief of cult magazine Monocle were its reigning dictator. This ain’t just plain fantasy. Well, it is,…
Earlier this week we looked at how countries have taken different tactics in their nation branding efforts at the Shanghai’s World Expo. But, how do these approaches render in real life? Once again, as the leading field researcher from the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Shanghai Expo 2010, Jay Wang has done a…
In a previous post about brand Korea, reference was made to a series of articles about Korea’s branding which were being published at the Korea Times newspaper. In this occasion, the same paper publishes an article which circundates about how some historical issues are handicapping Japan’s nation brand: Historical issues hurt Japan’s diplomatic interests in…
