Ramen started getting big in the late? '70s in "flyover country", sushi became big in the early '80s, anime in the '90s. There was definitely an inflection poi

Ramen started getting big in the late? '70s in "flyover country", sushi became big in the early '80s, anime in the '90s. There was definitely an inflection point sometime in the '80s, "The Japan That Can Say No: Why Japan Will Be First Among Equals" was published in 1989 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Japan_That_Can_Say_No https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Japan_That_Can_Say_No) ... hubris was followed by nemesis, the asset bubble got popped in 1991, and the aftermath was bungled.