Japanification love

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  • noun derogatory The process of becoming or wishing to become a fully integrated member of the Japanese community. It most commonly refers to expatriates living for an extended period of time in Japan, though it may also be used to describe persons living outside Japan who have a certain affinity to some aspect of Japanese culture.
  • noun derogatory The adoption of Japanese mannerisms, style of clothing, entertainment, and/or language.
  • noun term used to describe the process of becoming or wishing to become a fully integrated member of the Japanese community. It most commonly refers to expats living for an extended period of time in Japan, though it may also be used to describe persons living outside Japan who have a certain affinity to some aspect of Japanese culture. Adoption of Japanese mannerisms, style of clothing, taste in entertainment, and sometimes aspects of Japanese language may be most evident.
  • noun configuring computers to work with the Japanese script.

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Examples

  • Still, as political pressure builds to reduce federal spending and budget deficits, other economists are now warning of "Japanification" - of falling into the same deflationary trap of collapsed demand that occurs when consumers refuse to consume, corporations hold back on investments and banks sit on cash.

    NYT > Home Page By MARTIN FACKLER 2010

  • Still, as political pressure builds to reduce federal spending and budget deficits, other economists are now warning of "Japanification" - of falling into the same deflationary trap of collapsed demand that occurs when consumers refuse to consume, corporations hold back on investments and banks sit on cash.

    NYT > Home Page By MARTIN FACKLER 2010

  • Still, as political pressure builds to reduce federal spending and budget deficits, other economists are now warning of "Japanification" - of falling into the same deflationary trap of collapsed demand that occurs when consumers refuse to consume, corporations hold back on investments and banks sit on cash.

    NYT > Home Page By MARTIN FACKLER 2010

  • Still, as political pressure builds to reduce federal spending and budget deficits, other economists are now warning of "Japanification" - of falling into the same deflationary trap of collapsed demand that occurs when consumers refuse to consume, corporations hold back on investments and banks sit on cash.

    NYT > Home Page By MARTIN FACKLER 2010

  • Still, as political pressure builds to reduce federal spending and budget deficits, other economists are now warning of "Japanification" - of falling into the same deflationary trap of collapsed demand that occurs when consumers refuse to consume, corporations hold back on investments and banks sit on cash.

    NYT > Global Home By MARTIN FACKLER 2010

  • Still, as political pressure builds to reduce federal spending and budget deficits, other economists are now warning of "Japanification" - of falling into the same deflationary trap of collapsed demand that occurs when consumers refuse to consume, corporations hold back on investments and banks sit on cash.

    NYT > Home Page By MARTIN FACKLER 2010

  • Still, as political pressure builds to reduce federal spending and budget deficits, other economists are now warning of "Japanification" - of falling into the same deflationary trap of collapsed demand that occurs when consumers refuse to consume, corporations hold back on investments and banks sit on cash.

    NYT > Home Page By MARTIN FACKLER 2010

  • The third book is entitled The Japanification of Children's Popular Culture: From Godzilla to Miyazaki from Scarecrow Press.

    Anime News Network 2009

  • Krugman and others about "Japanification" the talk was dismissed.

    Corrente 2010

  • Miyao Daisuke's "Thieves of Baghdad: Transnational Networks of Cinema and Anime in the 1920s" offers a fascinating look at the "Japanification" of Noburo Ofuji's

    Frames Per Second Magazine 2009

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