A Brief History of Japanese Culture

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Japanese Pop Culture
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Globalization is the reason behind the spread of a culture across various cultures.
Japanese culture has been gaining prominence internationally especially due to the
representations in popular culture. Some of the famous characters and elements which have
added in the process of spread of culture of Japan include Hello Kitty, Sushi, Manga, Anime
(MacWilliams, 2014). This of game prominence across various countries and cultures, especially
in the latter half of the fast century. The spread of culture have even followed thereafter, to make
it recognizable with various attributes. Audiences across the world have responded as well as
shown acceptance towards these, quite enthusiastically. The industry claim that the entertainment
product of the Japanese culture have contributed to the spread of the culture heavily, to the world
audience. The Thesis statement of the article is to probe into the spread of popular culture
because of globalization and its influences across the world.
Japanese video games and anime are part of people’s preferences and it has increased
considerably in the past few years. Food items have become part of people’s food habits, even in
America. Japanese pop culture, as have been opined by several people is ubiquitous and
influential. Japan, not only creates and influence people's material lives but the cultural lives of
people too. As pointed out by Chua (2012) the, spread have been rigorous especially after World
War II. However the pop culture as settled by the Japanese, uncontested considered restructured
challenged as well is revived by several other popular medium and cultures across the world. The
popular culture in Japan, is a way of self-expression. Through it, people expressive experiences
in life and sometimes also being the other in a society.
The influences of Japanese culture address felt in the domains of animation, movies,
social media, fashion, television, comics and even music. Japan also dominates the culture of the
world with its immense potential to come up with new technological advancements and