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Electronic Paper and E Ink create a moving display for the opening of Takanawa Gateway Station.
Shogakukan’s studying children leap out of their logo and find an endless fantasy world waiting for them. Get reading, kids!
Hair care brand shines a light on outdated practice that forces women to sport the “job-hunting hairstyle” in order to gain employment.
Although in the cars’ defense I never really knew what that logo was supposed to be either.
Who knew fried chicken would make the perfect backdrop for some explosive Hollywood-style advertising?
Famous musicians, actors and idol group members star in these memorable ads that will make you laugh, cry and want to buy what they’re selling.
Written entirely in Japanese and without any English text, foreign visitors are wondering what on earth these ads mean.
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