The Japanese spider crab is the largest arthropod in the world, with a leg span of up to 4 meters (13 feet).

Takoyaki, a dish made with small balls of batter filled with chopped octopus, is a popular Japanese street food.

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.