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- The oldest company in the world is in Japan. Kongo Gumi is the oldest operating business in the world, established in 578. It specialises in the construction of temples and shrines.
- Japan has the 11th largest population in the world. An estimated 126 million people live in Japan. Since 2011, Japan’s population has been noticeably declining mostly due to low birth rates- some say it is due to expensive childcare and the difficulty of finding well-paying jobs.
- The Japanese live (almost) the longest. Second only to Hong Kong, the life expectancy in Japan is 84, which is 3 years higher than in the United Kingdom.
- In Japan there is 1 vending machine for every 24 people. With 5 million vending machines- Japan has the highest density in the world. Batteries, ramen, sake, umbrellas.
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- 10 Final Facts About Japan
11.The Japanese survivor of the Titanic was called a coward in his country for not dying with the other passengers. 12. In Japan there are ‘Maid Cafes’where waitresses dressed in maid costumes act as servants, and treat customers as masters (and mistresses) in a private home, rather than as café patrons. 13. Around 24 billion pairs of chopsticksare...
21. In Japan there is a train that “floats” above the tracks by magnetism, reaching 550km/h(311 mph). 22.Norway introduced salmon sushi to the Japanese in the ’80s. 23. In Japan, there is a Sumo Crying Baby Festival where sumo wrestlers compete to see who can make a baby cry first. 24. Coffeeis so popular in Japan that Japan imports approximately 8...
31.In Japan non-smoking areas were, and often still are, difficult to find in restaurants, including family restaurants. Many of Japan’s politicians have an interest in the tobacco industry. In April 2020 however, Tokyo was the first city in Japan to, finally, implement a smoking ban. 32. There is almost no immigration in Japan. The population is 9...
- Japan is currently in Reiwa 5. That’s right, one of those little known interesting facts about Japan is that it uses a different calendar to the rest of the world.
- The native religion of Japan is Shinto. Officially 51.8% of the country ascribes to Shinto, but around 80% of the country actively participates in Shinto rituals.
- Japan is made up of 6,852 islands. This is one of my favorite Japan facts! Yes, it’s an island nation, but only 430 of these are inhabited. In fact, all these islands, their land, and the sea between them, means that actually, Japan is the 4th-largest island nation on the planet.
- Japan has four main “Home Islands” Honshu – meaning “Home Province” – is the largest; Hokkaido (“Northern Sea Route”) is the next largest; then it’s Kyushu, which means “Nine Provinces”; and lastly Shikoku – “Four Provinces.”
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- In Japanese, the name “Japan” is Nihon or Nippon, which means “Land of the Rising Sun.” It was once believed that Japan was the first country to see the sun rise in the East in the morning.
- Japan has the third longest life expectancy in the world with men living to 81 years old and women living to almost 88 years old. The Japanese live on average four years longer than Americans.
- Japan consists of over 6,800 islands.
- Home to 33 million people, the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area is the largest populated metropolitan region in the world.
Nov 9, 2023 · More Fun Facts About Japan Japan has the world’s 10th-largest population. More than 123 million people call Japan home. This works out to just about 1.53% of the world’s total population! Sumo is the national sport of Japan. The history of sumo spans over 1,500 years. Watch this video about How Sumo Wrestlers Stay Healthy on 7,000 Calories ...
Feb 7, 2024 · Quirky and fun facts about Japan. We’ve learned about the cultural, geographical, and historical facts about Japan, now it’s onto some fun ones! 26. Japan has one of the longest life expectancies in the world. At an average of 84.62 years, Japan has the second longest life expectancy in the entire world!
Japan: geography and landscape. Japan is an archipelago, or string of islands, on the eastern edge of Asia. There are four main islands – Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. There are also nearly 4,000 smaller islands, too! Japan”s nearest mainland neighbors are the Siberian region of Russia in the north, and Korea and China farther south.
