Cat Idols in Japan

The Angry Cat isn’t the only famous cat on the Internet. Cats have overtaken dogs as the most popular pet in Japan within the last few years (Yamamura, 2016). Each year, Yokohama features Neko-Break, an exhibition of cat-themed photography and merchandise. As Japan often does, there’s a market for cat-otaku. Otaku, in the Japanese sense of the word, involves any extreme interest. Otaku can be interested in model trains, cats, dogs, and, of course, anime. …
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