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Originally Posted by Nyororin
It is my understanding that the standard toppings like corn came about because when pizzas first started being sold on US military bases in the 60s, the regular toppings being sold in the US were too expensive to import and keep fresh... So the type of cheese was changed and inexpensive vegetable toppings that kept well (ie. in a can) were used. This ended up making corn a staple. Pizza places started off base used the same topping lineup (As that was "pizza" in their experience). As pizzas have always had corn on them here, to the average person in Japan that IS the standard pizza.
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That's a lot like how spam is a staple in Hawaiian cuisine. 80% of spam in the US is consumed in Hawaii, and it started from military bases.