Abstract
Abstract Various explanations for the well-known “soft-sell” style adopted in Japanese TV ads are examined. The common culturally based explanation is found wanting, as is an alternative explanation based on a theory of the persuasive role of social factors in Japan. A more complete explanation draws upon the peculiar institutional arrangements which exist in the Japanese agency world and the economic function played by advertising in the Japanese marketplace.
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