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These new locations will feature enhanced food and beverage offerings and a Japanese-style emphasis on fresh, high-quality prepared foods. A major piece of this transformation includes adding 1,100 in-store restaurants, bringing the total to 2,000.

Digital ad spending in Japan will account for 47.8% of total media ad expenditures in 2025, on par with Malaysia and emerging markets such as India. In 2024, video accounted for 27.9% of digital ad spending in Japan鈥攗p significantly from 21.4% in 2020 and 13.4% YoY鈥攔eaching $4.89 billion.

Instagram is set to grow significantly in Japan and India, with Japan鈥檚 2025 forecast rising to 44.4 million users and India projected to lead Asia-Pacific with 10% user growth this year. In contrast, TikTok鈥檚 pace of growth is softening in some countries.

While Prada remains one of the few luxury companies to be growing across all geographies, sales in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Japan were all softer than expected. The headwinds: Most luxury companies鈥攚ith the notable exceptions of Herm猫s and Richemont鈥攁re struggling to convince increasingly pessimistic consumers to open their wallets, whether at home or abroad.

Globally, over 5鈥痬illion units sold by early July, with Japan alone accounting for 1.54鈥痬illion in its first month鈥攅dging past the Game Boy Advance鈥檚 2001 sales record. These are retail figures and don鈥檛 include direct sales through Nintendo鈥檚 web store, indicating sales are likely even higher.

AEG Presents will give Amex cardholders access to the most in-demand artists in the US, the UK, Canada, Japan, and Australia. Through the American Express Venue Collection, eligible members can expect benefits like ticket access, dedicated entrances, and exclusive concession offers. Certain venues like The O2, the Crypto.com Arena, and Dignity Health Sports Park will offer exclusive lounges.

The survey was conducted in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the UK, and the US across 13 categories: grocery stores, packaged food, alcoholic beverages, quick service restaurants, beauty retailers, beauty brands, clothing, footwear, and accessories retailers, drugstores and pharmacies, DIY and home furnishing stores

Retail sales in Japan set to rebound in 2025. Retail sales in Japan sagged by 5.6% in 2023 to 2.5% in 2024. But growth is expected to rebound to 2.7% in 2025, reaching about $1.221 trillion. Similarly, Japan鈥檚 online shopping sector will experience a rejuvenation, with consumer optimism pushing ecommerce sales growth from 3.5% in 2024 to 5% in 2025.

The 18 countries surveyed were: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates (UAE), the UK, and the US.

In markets like Japan, Facebook's reduced reach may justify reallocating budget to other Meta properties or rival platforms entirely. Regions still showing stable or growing usage may offer more efficient ROI for social ad campaigns.

Consumers were from 18 countries, namely Australia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, the UK, and the US.

DMs began rolling out Tuesday in 鈥渕ost markets,鈥� excluding Australia, Japan, the EU, and the UK, per TechCrunch. The chats won鈥檛 be encrypted like XChat or WhatsApp. Why it matters: Threads is trying to get out from under Instagram鈥檚 shadow鈥擨nstagram accounts are required for signup, psychologically linking the two for many consumers.

Line (Japan): Japan鈥檚 top messaging and social platform, integrating stickers, games, news, and payments, with over 86 million users. Room for growth: Global platforms still dominate ad spend, but smaller, country-specific networks are gaining ground.

A spate of recent trade agreements with major partners like the EU and Japan could also help ease anxieties over rising prices and economic instability. But consumers have yet to feel the full force of tariffs.