Advertisement in television (TV) is usually to inform and persuade viewers to buy your products and services. This means that the person appearing in the advertisement must have some credibility. Credibility comes from a person that one can trust or who has the credibility to endorse the product. In Australia it is usually well known Australian personalities who appear in the TV advertisement or likewise Vietnamese in Vietnam. However in Japan, there seems to a huge number of foreigners appearing in Japanese TV commercial advertisement (examples are Arnold Schwarzenegger who appeared in TV ads endorsing a Japanese tonic drink called Arinamin, Bruce Willis appearing in Subaru and Maki jewellery, Brad Pitt in Edwin jeans, Charlize Theron in Honda TV ad , Catherine Zeta Jones for Lux or Pierce Brosnan for Visa card or David and Victoria Beckham for a Japanese cosmetic product called TBC and David Beckham appearing in Meij’s chocolate called “Fran”). Question: What seems to the main reasons that advertisers choose foreigners to appear in Japanese TV ad commercials rather than well known Japanese personalities? What are the risks and opportunities in using foreigners in appearing in Japanese TV commercials?
Advertisement in television (TV) is usually to inform and persuade viewers to buy your products and services. This means that the person appearing in the advertisement must have some credibility. Credibility comes from a person that one can trust or who has the credibility to endorse the product. In Australia it is usually well known Australian personalities who appear in the TV advertisement or likewise Vietnamese in Vietnam.
However in Japan, there seems to a huge number of foreigners appearing in Japanese TV commercial advertisement (examples are Arnold Schwarzenegger who appeared in TV ads endorsing a Japanese tonic drink called Arinamin, Bruce Willis appearing in Subaru and Maki jewellery, Brad Pitt in Edwin jeans, Charlize Theron in Honda TV ad , Catherine Zeta Jones for Lux or Pierce Brosnan for Visa card or David and Victoria Beckham for a Japanese cosmetic product called TBC and David Beckham appearing in Meij’s chocolate called “Fran”).
Question: What seems to the main reasons that advertisers choose foreigners to appear in Japanese TV ad commercials rather than well known Japanese personalities? What are the risks and opportunities in using foreigners in appearing in Japanese TV commercials?
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