Japan's greatest export...

...isn't cars, gadgets or tweaked animated epics. It is Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Doesn't matter if it is his avant-garde Neo-Geo experiments, his techno-pop days in Yello Magic Orchestra, or his many varied solo projects. His output is largely consistent in quality.

I watched my VHS copy of his video for Risky, which had a subdued Iggy Pop on vocals. Made me put his score to the Bertolucci movie Little Buddha on.