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.

The Japanese serow is a goat-antelope native to Japan's mountainous regions, and is considered a national treasure in Japan.