OISHI! 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