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Carve Watermelons and Master Butt Ping Pong at Windows Training Camp Were Microsoft ads really for 'Asian markets only'? Doubtful.

Gape in awe at these impressive "Windows 8 Training Camp" videos that dramatize product benefits through the goofiest of competitions. In "Makeup," three women have 10 seconds to apply cosmetics,…

May 13, 2013, 10:10 AM EDT

Lingerie Celebrates Japan's Plan to Stimulate Growth 'Abenomics Bra' is named for inflation-oriented prime minister

Triumph, a marvelously named Swiss-owned women’s clothier in Japan, has unveiled its annual concept bra, which might just be the first economics-themed lingerie. The Abenomics Bra, named after Prime Minister…

May 13, 2013, 9:22 AM EDT

Ogilvy Chief Miles Young Is Busy Reinventing a Troubled Agency So don't expect a Christmas card

Some five years ago, Coca-Cola’s Jonathan Mildenhall took his first tour of Asia after assuming the company’s top marketing job, and as one would expect, Miles Young, then regional chief…

March 3, 2013, 11:59 PM EST

For Mobile Marketing That Really Works, Just Look to Asia Korea and Japan are crushing it with innovative gaming and commerce executions, and a more receptive audience

Are we ever going to catch up to Asia? It’s a refrain heard far more frequently on our shores in recent years. Take automobiles. The Detroit versus Tokyo battle has resulted…

February 11, 2013, 12:02 AM EST

Smartphone Making You Antisocial? Consider Rehab Singapore agency creates toolkit and phone-free party

BBH interns in Singapore are trying to fight back against antisocial smartphone dependency and the alienation of digital culture. Their weapon? A Social Rehab Toolkit, which includes note cards to…

July 31, 2012, 10:07 AM EDT

Kids Outsmart Smokers in Crafty Guerrilla Stunt Ogilvy Thailand uses children to expose adults' hypocrisy

It’s being praised as one of the most effective anti-smoking ads ever, which is especially impressive considering it required little more than a few pieces of paper and two kids.…

June 28, 2012, 6:24 PM EDT

Rice Company Serves Up a Different Kind of 'Super Bowl' Spot Utterly manipulative yet irresistible

This Chinese New Year-themed spot, which fits bowls of rice into its story line, packs more punch than most of the bikini- and effects-driven Super Bowl commercials that have been…

January 26, 2012, 8:21 AM EST

McCann Japan Head McLaren Assumes New MRM Role Shift follows naming of new Japan CEO

Michael McLaren, the CEO and chairman of McCann Worldgroup Japan, is rejoining the company’s New York operations in the new role of president, MRM East and chief client solutions director. In…

January 3, 2012, 10:09 AM EST

Ad of the Day: FedEx When you absolutely, positively have to save your friend from becoming a zombie

Like it or not, there's life in the undead yet. Zombies are refusing to go quietly in pop culture, and so, of course, the same is true in advertising. In this…

September 30, 2011, 11:41 AM EDT

Check Out 125th Anniversary Coke Cans From Around the World Global designers go retro and stylized

As Coca-Cola marks its 125th year in business, celebratory can designs seem to be popping up all over the place. In addition to the new Diet Coke look rolling out…

August 22, 2011, 8:16 AM EDT

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