Marketing Japan

All things about the media, marketing, business, Japan and other musings by Mike in Tokyo Rogers.

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Only in Japan - Poke Out Somebody's Eye With That!

I glance over the Japanese News everyday. Usually there isn't much going on. We don't have stuff like the Martin - Zimmerman trial ...

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

If You Don't Speak Abbreviated Japanese Then You Are a Loser! Fluent in Japanese and Still Don't Understand What People Are Talking About? Join the Club!

The Japanese like to abbreviate their language all the time. It's called "省略語” (sho-ryaku-go) and means exactly "abbreviated ...

Friday, February 10, 2012

The Japanese Idea of "Freedom" and an American's Idea of "Freedom" is Different

The average Japanese doesn't know how good they've got it. In Japan, crime is virtually non-existent, the police don't hassle p...

Sunday, November 13, 2011

John Belushi, Japan and Me - or How the Movie Animal House Changed My Life

John Belushi and I have a long running, very old relationship. Seriously, we do. I first "met" John Belushi in 1975 on the set of ...

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Marketing Japan: The Perfect Hotel Room? Why, it's Geek Heaven!

By Mike in Tokyo Rogers What is the perfect hotel room? For me, it has a king-sized bed, a huge bath separated from the toilet, two wash b...

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About Me

mike in tokyo rogers: Music/TV/radio/anime-related program producer. In music since 1977 as lead vocalist with legendary Los Angeles Punk Band, "The Rotters" (Sit on My Face Stevie Nix.). Former assistant to the legendary Rodney Bingenheimer (Rodney on the ROQ - KROQ Los Angeles from 1980 ~ 1981.) First and only foreigner in Japanese history to become the General Manager of a major Japanese broadcasting station (TV Tokyo owned InterFM). Has produced a few smash hit programs and several of Japan's highest rated and most famous radio programs. Recent Smash Hits were "The TV Show" (Set Program with "Ninja Slayer") which, between April - Oct. 2015, garnered over 10 million viewers. Produced,directed and hosted “Good Morning Garage” and "WTF?" the smash hit live shows on InterFM 89.7 Wrote and produced full-length motion picture "Ghostroads - A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story" which was released by a Japanese major motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan in Oct. 2017. Currently “Yoko’s Grapefruit” the Avant Guard movie with Ken Nishikawa, Henry Morse (DP), Kevin Hammontree, Natsuki (as Yoko) and Junji Naito.

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