#47 - Nekonomics
Hikikomori
English - January 20, 2022 20:24 - 59 minutes - 81.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHistory Society & Culture Places & Travel history japan news murder truecrime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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"Nekonomics" once referred to the unexpectedly dramatic increase in revenue that businesses could earn simply by having a pet cat as a mascot. Today it has evolved into something more widespread in Japanese society - the enormous and rapidly-growing market of felines and feline accessories.
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Sources:
Tama (cat), Wikipedia Tama, AFP Girl and Cat blog Cat becomes Lord of a Castle, Next Shark Nekonomics: a Brief Introduction, Medium Nekonomics in Japan, NZ Herald What is Nekonomics?, Teller Report The Cat Controllers of Japan, Hyper Japan Nekonomics Does its Bit, Yoru no Kitsune blog Goat Café, Guardian Tashirojima, aka Nekojima, Wikipedia