The Japan national baseball team has won two World Baseball Classic championships and has been a dominant force in international baseball.

The instant noodle, invented by Momofuku Ando in 1958, has become a staple food item in many countries around the world.

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.