
Cool Japan Amidst the Challenges of the K-POP Era: No Matter How Much We Get Overlooked, We Are the Queens of SOFT POWER!!
Although the cultural wave of J-Culture has weakened, its neighbor, K-Culture, has surged forward with K-POP and K-Series gaining increasing popularity, not to mention K-Movies that have achieved success at the Oscars. However, this hasn’t caused Japan to give up. For instance, ‘Drive My Car’ also won the Oscar for Best International Film. Recently, for fans of Japanese cinema, ‘April Come She Will’ has become a must-see, featuring the song ‘Michi Teyu Ku (Overflowing)’ performed by Fujii Kaze, who is known



