Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World

Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World

The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured--and transformed--the world's imagination, from karaoke and the Walkman to anime and emoji.

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