DoKomi began as a spontaneous idea of six friends. Today it has become Germany's biggest anime and manga convention, with over 100,000 visitors and sales in the millions. Although one would have expected something different after Corona, ticket sales this year were already higher than ever before, even half a year in advance. J-BIG talked to Andreas Degen, co-founder and one of … [Read more...] about DoKomi “Bringing the feeling of Akihabara to Germany”
Interview
Takeo Ischi “As a yodeling Japanese, I have always attracted a lot of attention.”
At the age of 15, Takeo Ischi, then known as Takeo Ishii, began yodeling in Japan. The hobby turned into a career that made him famous first in the German-speaking folk music world and, more recently, internationally. Now retired, he continues to yodel and has become a YouTube star, with his song "Chicken Attack" now having 25 million views on the platform. On his way from … [Read more...] about Takeo Ischi “As a yodeling Japanese, I have always attracted a lot of attention.”
Olympus“The Japanese enthusiasm for soy sauce brought us to endoscopy”
The over 100-year-old Japanese-based company Olympus is still known by many primarily for its camera business. The fact that Olympus today is a successful medtech business and global market leader in the field of endoscopy is less familiar to the masses. J-BIG spoke with Dr. Harald Dremel, Regional Managing Director of the DACH Region, about how the company developed from a … [Read more...] about Olympus“The Japanese enthusiasm for soy sauce brought us to endoscopy”
