日本における韓流文化の受容様相と経済的効果 に関する研究

The Study on Aspect of Korean Wave Fever and Economic Effects in Japan

The purpose of this study was to overcome the limitations of previous studies on Korean wave, and tries to draw the evidence of Korean wave that affected on social and economic communication in Japanese society. 　The Korean wave in Japan that began in the late 1990s has entered different fields in many regions, cultural content diversified rapidly. The social and economic influence of Korean affected not only Japan but the whole world. The success of Korean cultural products in Japan was recognized as the economic and social value of Korea Wave. Therefore, not only the economic impact of Korean wave, but also its social value (social capital) are all the important factors, it is necessary to reassess the value of Korean wave. The results are as follows. First, because of the influence of Korean wave, it shows that the formation of Korean intimacy, Korean national image and the growing status of Korean Japanese. Second, this study shows that under the influence of Korean wave, there are many Japanese traveling to Korea, visiting to Korea and shopping in Korea. The survey in 2004 shows that before and after Korean wave, Japanese’s visiting to Korea was increasing steadily. Especially since 2005, Korean wave became popular in Japan, which caused Korean visiting increasing. Third, the results show that Korean wave has affected a lot in the social and economic fields of Japanese society. However, there is little influence in the political and historical as well as the Korean-Japanese problems, so late it is necessary to do some research and discussion in this field.