Japan is the master of Capitalism driven consumerization of Western holidays. Christmas is one (Cake + KFC), Valentines day (chocolate) is another. They invented &quot;White Day&quot; for 3&#x2F;14 for men who receive Valentines day chocolates to give gifts to women in return (often quoted as being 3x the price of the chocolate received).<p>In recent times, they&#x27;ve succeeded in making Halloween a commercial &quot;get out and buy costumes and party&quot; bonanza (well I guess this is similar to what we have in the states).<p>Now, if only they could harness some of this prowess into international marketing... ;)