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2025 Japanese Marketing Calendar

2024 Japanese
Marketing Calendar

Navigate the complexities of the Japanese market with our comprehensive 2025 Marketing Calendar.

This essential resource provides invaluable insights into:

  • 2025 key dates & events: plan your campaigns around significant occasions;
  • Cultural nuances: understand 12 unique traditions and customs that shape consumer behaviour;
  • Industry-specific recommendations: discover the optimal times to promote your products or services;
  • 2025 trend predictions: stay ahead of the curve and capitalise on emerging opportunities.
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2025 Japanese Consumer Behaviour

Learn about who Japanese consumers are and how to apply this knowledge to enrich your digital marketing strategy in Japan.

This white paper contains an overview of:

  • 2024 consumer demographics;
  • 2024 economic trends & predictions;
  • 2024 behaviour trends;
  • 2024 traditional & social media landscape.
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PPC Advertising in Japan

2024 PPC Advertising in Japan

Understanding the unique characteristics of Japan’s largest online platforms is crucial when preparing a successful marketing strategy. Learn everything you need to know about search, display, and social media advertising in Japan.

This white paper contains an overview of:

  • 2024 Japanese digital landscape overview;
  • Japanese mobile app landscape;
  • Search engines in Japan;
  • Localisation dos and don’ts;
  • Yahoo! JAPAN advertising formats;
  • LINE advertising formats.
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2024 Social Media in Japan

2024 Social Media in Japan

Are you looking to tap into the vibrant Japanese social media market? Our new white paper offers a comprehensive overview of the most popular platforms, the latest trends, and insights.

This white paper contains an overview of:

  • 2024 Japanese consumer demographics;
  • 2024 Japanese digital landscape;
  • 2024 social media landscape;
  • Overview of most prominent platforms: LINE, YouTube, X, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn.
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Previous releases

Game Apps in Japan

In-depth report based on our research into the usage of game apps in Japan, the third-largest game market.

Learn about game app trends in Japan, and use those insights to create a marketing strategy for your digital products.

We cover users’ preferences of:
– Frequency of play;
– Duration of play;
– Environment of play;
– Important factors when selecting games;
– Motives for downloading games;
– Genres.

Cashless Payments in Japan

In this White Paper we focus on the Japanese cashless payments trend and discuss the COVID-19 impact on the acceleration of Japan’s unique contactless payment methods development.

Learn how to implement them into your marketing strategy and increase digital presence in Japan.

Learn about:
– Cashless trends in Japan;
– Most popular cashless payment methods;
– QR code payments;
– Future predictions for Japan’s cashless market.

Ecommerce in Japan

This white paper is a compilation of our knowledge of ecommerce in Japan, and how businesses can apply this knowledge to enrich their digital marketing strategy in Japan.

Learn about:
– Ecommerce trends in Japan;
– Top ecommerce marketplaces and platforms in Japan;
– Japanese fulfilment and shipping strategies;
– A checklist for retailers planning to sell products in Japan.

Taiwanese Consumer Behaviour

Compiled by MicroAd Taiwan, this study focuses on the Taiwanese digital transformation of 2022.

Learn about:
– Impact of pandemic-forced lifestyle shift on the consumer behaviour in Taiwan;
– Increased number of LINE Official Accounts used for communication with consumers;
– An emergence of new trends and public interests: the rise of podcasts and auditory ads & a focus shift from travelling to decluttering;
– Gen Z: how to approach the new generation of consumers and the importance of the golden ‘5 seconds’ rule.


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