

But it was only a few later that the MIDI connection format was established by Roland. Shortly after, Japanese synthesizer makers such as Yamaha, Roland, and Korg made their global debut and quickly unseated industry pioneers like Moog and Arp. It was the late ’70s when the Yellow Magic Orchestra came together and completed two successful world tours – an era when companies like Honda and Sony had established dominance in global markets and books such as Japan as Number One: Lessons for America by Ezra Vogel were being published.
