Short answers, pulled from the story.
The film Gojira premiered in Tokyo in 1954. This movie depicted the destruction of the city by a giant radioactive monster and served as a national catharsis for a country still reeling from the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched the Cool Japan initiative in 2008. This strategic decision moved away from promoting traditional cultural aspects to using anime and Kawaii Ambassadors to project a new national image.
Hayao Miyazaki founded Studio Ghibli. The film Spirited Away won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2003, further elevating the global status of anime.
Momoiro Clover Z held the number one rank as the top female idol group from 2013 to 2017. The group drew 636 thousand people to their live concerts in 2016, setting a record for all female musicians in Japan.
Japan approved its first commercial Internet service provider in 1993. The nation was the 14th country in the world to start using the internet, but adoption was slow due to government restrictions and the difficulty of using a keyboard with a 2,000-plus kanji-based language.