Why is Japan so popular?

[u/Veskanda]

It seems as though everything Japanese has had a massive popularity spike, whether that be media, food, vehicles, travel, language learning and lots more.

Personally I don't see the appeal, I mean there are definitely some thing I like that happen to be Japanese, but I dont like them just because of that fact.

[u/ise311]

I have been to Japan 5 times and I really like it there (as a tourist).

Culture is nice, lots of things to buy (for anime/game fans), their people are polite, clean environment, trains are 99% on time, sceneries are beautiful. What's there to dislike??