Why Do Asian Brands Pretend to Be Japanese?
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msradam
42 minutes ago
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The line "Miniso publicly apologized for pretending to be Japanese" made me giggle. It reminds me of how Häagen-Dazs is not even any particular Danish / Scandinavian word, just completely made up to sound exotic and premium. It worked though, had no clue it was made up til very recently.
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