Japan has a trend called "kawaii," which means cute, and it's reflected in everything from fashion to food.
In Japan, there is a tradition of eating KFC for Christmas dinner, which started as a marketing campaign in the 1970s.
The 16th century saw the rise of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, who were instrumental in unifying Japan under a centralized government.