In the early 1970s, Japan was already booming. After rebuilding from World War II, the country grew insanely fast. Cars, electronics, big cities - everything was modernizing. People worked in offices, shopped in supermarkets, bought TVs and washing machines, just like in the West. Life started to feel very American or European, but Japan still kept its own culture. A big moment was Expo ’70 in Osaka - it showed the world that Japan had officially arrived as a global economic power. AI-Animated P