The Japanese yen is the official currency of Japan and is the third most traded currency in the world, after the US dollar and the euro.

The Walkman, invented by Sony in 1979, revolutionized personal music listening by allowing users to listen to music on the go.

Mobile Suit Gundam, created by Yoshiyuki Tomino in 1979, is a popular anime series that helped to popularize the mecha genre of anime, which features giant robots.