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VFC went live just over a year ago in Japan through a partnership with Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company. VFC will also roll out in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) through a partnership with the digital bank Liv. Visa is working with banks and fintechs in 15 other countries on different use cases for VFC, per PYMNTS.

Another report found that music content is less popular on Instagram in Japan compared with TikTok and YouTube Shorts鈥攁 gap Instagram is likely eager to address. Zooming out: TikTok recently shuttered its TikTok Music service to focus on streaming service integrations. Spotify has attempted to capitalize on that move by adding podcast comments to boost engagement.

Device ownership in Japan followed the same trend as other media patterns. The country ranked last in seven categories regionally and three globally. Japan had the lowest smart TV ownership globally. Only 13.4% of respondents owned a smart TV compared with the regional average of 45.0%. Ownership of wearable technology in Japan ranked last globally.

Yeah, so I think many pundits would see this as a very aggressive, perhaps bold move, because it's a time when e-commerce and fintech are growing [inaudible 00:06:57] in society. But they're right in that Japan does have an aging society, whereby I think one in 10 are actually over the age of 80, so in that sense, it makes sense.

Methodology: Data is from the July 2024 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) - Japan report titled "2023 Information and Communications Whitepaper." 1,030 internet users ages 20-69 in Japan and 2,080 internet users ages 20-69 in China, Germany, the UK, and the US (520 each) were surveyed online between January-February 2024.

The most noteworthy holdouts still favoring traditional ad spending are Japan, Italy, India, and Indonesia. To view the full forecast, click here. China鈥檚 embrace of all things digital remains unmatched. Just as China leads the world in ecommerce as a share of overall retail, it also leads in digital advertising as a share of total media advertising.

Additional scrutiny in Japan and the UK adds pressure to its business model. Apple鈥檚 efforts to appease regulators include revamping some of its operations in the EU and opening up its devices to third-party marketplaces. Despite Apple鈥檚 reported adjustments for compliance, the EU remains dissatisfied, spotlighting the need for Big Tech to rethink app ecosystem dynamics.

conducted by YouGov. 12,217 adults ages 18+ were surveyed in Argentina, Denmark, France, Japan, the UK, and the US. The online surveys were conducted during March 28-April 30, 2024, with approximately 2,000 respondents per country. Samples were nationally representative for age, gender, region, and political leaning.

Several countries in Asia, including South Korea and Japan, also introduced measures to reduce Google and others鈥� ability to stop competitors from breaking into markets. With so many existential threats facing Google鈥檚 business, what are the likely outcomes of antitrust rulings and how could it alter the digital ad landscape?

Key takeaways: While TSMC is diversifying production by establishing overseas factories in industry hubs like Japan and the US, it will focus the development and production of high-end chips in Taiwan to avoid US chip and technology embargoes. In return, TSMC wants to see Taiwan better support the chipmaking push by offering more tax incentives for foreign equipment makers to set up shop.

TSMC has committed to building various chip factories in the US, Japan, and Europe, on top of investing TWD 1.86 trillion ($60.4 billion) in a new Taiwanese factory. TSMC is applying for subsidies from the US Chips Act, but its efforts could be confounded by the proviso that firms taking US funds won鈥檛 expand their chip manufacturing in 鈥渃ountries of concern鈥� like China and Russia for 10 years.

By contrast, many large countries like Japan, Indonesia, and India fall far below the worldwide average. Most sub OTT viewers are in Asia-Pacific. Sub OTT is flourishing in China, so the regional viewership figures are not dragged down the way they are for YouTube. In 2025, 58.5% of all sub OTT viewers (1.31 billion) will come from Asia-Pacific.

But Chrisa last thing for you, since you said you went to Japan. Yeah. Did you ever see the lettuce vending machines in Japan? Carissa Flinders (04:40):. I did not, but they do have a lot of beer and alcohol vending machines on the street, which I did take advantage of. Dangerous, dangerous. But yeah, that was a little bit dangerous.

Some of X鈥檚 content and community policies have also been inconsistently implemented: X has positioned itself as a 鈥渇ree speech鈥� platform and accused its former Twitter leadership of censorship, but it has also removed accounts or content at the request of governments like Turkey, South Korea, and Japan, per its transparency reports. Consumers are beginning to adapt to the shifts.

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Ranked by the average time to walk to key amenities, and the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of key amenities: schools, hospitals, restaurants, shops, things like that. Can you guess number one? Paul Verna (02:18):. Are we talking just in the US or worldwide? Marcus Johnson (02:21):. Worldwide. And I can give you a hint if you want the hint. Daniel Konstantinovic (02:27):.

On today鈥檚 podcast episode, host Bill Fisher is joined by our researcher Man-Chung Cheung and analyst Carina Perkins to examine TikTok鈥檚 ecommerce plans around the world, looking at what鈥檚 driven success in some markets and held it back in others.