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| + | * Population size: 127,500,000 (facing an aging population) | ||
| + | * Capital: Tokyo | ||
| + | * Language: Japanese (99% speak Japanese as their primary language) | ||
| + | * Religion: Majority- Shinto and Buddhism, Minority- Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs | ||
| + | * One of the most technologically advanced societies in the world | ||
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| + | ==<div style="background: #ffffff; padding: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 0.3em; text-indent: 20px;font-size:26px; font-family:Britannic Bold"><font face="Avenir" size = 4 color= #000000>Interesting facts about Japan</font></div>== | ||
| + | * Late-night dancing is illegal in Japan | ||
| + | * Japan suffers 1,500 earthquakes every year | ||
| + | * Japan has more than 50,000 people who are over 100 years old | ||
| + | * Japan has 2 gun-related homicides per year | ||
| + | * The world's oldest company operated in Japan from 578 AD to 2006 | ||
| + | * Japan consists of over 6,800 islands | ||
| + | * Japanese trains are among the world's most punctual: their average delay is just 18 seconds | ||
| + | * Square watermelons are grown by Japanese farmers for easier stack and store | ||
| + | * In Japan, there are more pets than children | ||
| + | * Japan's birth rate is so low that adult diapers are sold more than baby diapers | ||
| + | * 98% of all adoptions in Japan are of male adults, so that family businesses can remain within the family | ||
| + | * The Japanese who survived the titanic crash was called a coward in his country for not dying with the other passengers | ||
| + | * In Japan, 90% of mobile phones are waterproof because youngsters use them even in the shower | ||
| + | * In Korea and Japan, there is a cat cafe where you can go to drink coffee and hang out with cats for hours | ||
| + | * Japan has 5.52 million vending machines | ||
| + | * Sleeping on the job is acceptable in Japan, as it's viewed as exhaustion from working hard | ||
| + | * In Japan, 685 kids were rushed to hospitals in 1997 after an intense poke episode that caused dizziness, vomiting and seizures | ||
| + | * In Japan, teachers and students come together to clean the classrooms and cafeteria | ||
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| + | Source: http://www.factslides.com/s-Japan | ||
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Overview of Japan
- Population size: 127,500,000 (facing an aging population)
- Capital: Tokyo
- Language: Japanese (99% speak Japanese as their primary language)
- Religion: Majority- Shinto and Buddhism, Minority- Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs
- One of the most technologically advanced societies in the world
Interesting facts about Japan
- Late-night dancing is illegal in Japan
- Japan suffers 1,500 earthquakes every year
- Japan has more than 50,000 people who are over 100 years old
- Japan has 2 gun-related homicides per year
- The world's oldest company operated in Japan from 578 AD to 2006
- Japan consists of over 6,800 islands
- Japanese trains are among the world's most punctual: their average delay is just 18 seconds
- Square watermelons are grown by Japanese farmers for easier stack and store
- In Japan, there are more pets than children
- Japan's birth rate is so low that adult diapers are sold more than baby diapers
- 98% of all adoptions in Japan are of male adults, so that family businesses can remain within the family
- The Japanese who survived the titanic crash was called a coward in his country for not dying with the other passengers
- In Japan, 90% of mobile phones are waterproof because youngsters use them even in the shower
- In Korea and Japan, there is a cat cafe where you can go to drink coffee and hang out with cats for hours
- Japan has 5.52 million vending machines
- Sleeping on the job is acceptable in Japan, as it's viewed as exhaustion from working hard
- In Japan, 685 kids were rushed to hospitals in 1997 after an intense poke episode that caused dizziness, vomiting and seizures
- In Japan, teachers and students come together to clean the classrooms and cafeteria
