Soccer, or football, is a popular sport in Japan and the country has a professional soccer league with 18 teams.

The 16th century saw the rise of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, who were instrumental in unifying Japan under a centralized government.

The Walkman, invented by Sony in 1979, revolutionized personal music listening by allowing users to listen to music on the go.