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In late September, Japan enters Silver Week, while Korea celebrates Chuseok, one of the country’s biggest annual holidays. This is exactly the time when users across both markets begin searching for travel, transportation, accommodation, and ways to spend the holiday period—creating one of the strongest seasonal opportunities for travel app downloads. Yet although Japan and…

Social Media Is Becoming More About Staying Connected Than Being Seen Recently, the shared Vlog app setlog has been gaining traction in both Japan and South Korea. Unlike Instagram or TikTok, where the goal is often to reach a broad audience, setlog focuses on sharing everyday moments with a small circle of close friends. At first glance,…