Karaoke, a popular form of entertainment in Japan, originated in Kobe in the 1970s.

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.

Tokyo is the capital of Japan and the largest city in the world by population, with over 37 million people in the greater Tokyo area.