30 Kickass and Interesting Facts About Japan-Part1

Here are 30 Kickass and Interesting Facts About Japan-Part1.

1-5 Interesting Facts About Japan

1. There are more than 5000 companies worldwide that are older than 200 years. More than 3000 of them are located in Japan and the oldest company in the world was Kongō Gumi, a construction company in Japan, which had its origin traced back to 578 AD. It was liquidated in 2006. – Source

2. The 70’s cartoon, Rascal the Raccoon, inspired Japanese to adopt baby raccoons as pets. As a result, Japan imported thousands of raccoons from America. After realizing how violent they really were, families started releasing them into forests as shown in one of the scenes in the cartoon. Raccoons started multiplying and damaged 80% of Japanese temples. – Source

3. Taking a nap on the job is acceptable in Japan. In fact, it is viewed as sign of being exhausted from working hard. Some employees fake it to look committed to their job. – Source

4. In 2011, Japan diverted its tsunami & earthquake recovery fund ($30 million) set aside by the Government to support its whaling industry. – Source

5. The shishito pepper grown in Japan has the unique ability of being only spicy 1 out of 10 times and there is no way to know beforehand, which one might be. – Source

6-10 Interesting Facts About Japan

1. Most of the Kobe beef purchased outside of Japan or China is fake. The actual Kobe beef must be raised in specific parts of Japan and as of March 2013, the total amount of Kobe beef exported to the USA was less than 400 kilograms. – Source

2. In feudal Japan, merchants were placed in the lowest class because unlike farmers and artisans, they didn’t actually produce anything – Source

3. The Yakuza (organized crime syndicates) operate openly in Japan. They have offices, make charitable donations, and even have large investments in mainstream companies. – Source

4. Japan has more than 50,000 people that are over 100 years old – Source

5. Macaque monkeys of Japan have taught themselves to steal wallets and purses and take out the coins from them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines. – Source

11-15 Interesting Facts About Japan

1. Japan’s Shinkansen high speed rail system has never had a fatal accident in its five decades of service. – Source

2. ‘Jersey Shore’ in Japan is known as ‘Macaroni Rascals’ – Source

3. Annual revenues from the pachinko machines in Japan are $300,000,000,000, which is four times the total profit of world-wide legal casino gambling, twice the annual turnover of Japan’s automobile industry and equivalent to estimated yearly profit of the global narcotics trade.

4. If someone commits suicide in Japan by jumping in front of a train, the company charges his family a disruption fee. – Source

5. Japan is obsessed with Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas. Some people even order months in advance to avoid lines. – Source

16-20 Interesting Facts About Japan

1. Okinawa Island in Japan has more than 450 people living above the age of 100 and it is known as the healthiest place on Earth. – Source

2. Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese Consul in Lithuania during WWII. He saved 6,000 Jews from German-occupied Poland by writing them travel visas to Japan even after the Japanese government told him not to. – Source

3. Japan has a conviction rate of more than 99% – Source

4. The Flame of Peace in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park has burned since 1964 in honor of the A-bomb victims and will be extinguished only when all nuclear weapons are removed from the world and the earth is free from any nuclear threat. – Source

5. The only Japanese survivor (Masabumi Hosono) of the Titanic on his return to Japan was branded a coward in Japan for having dishonored himself by not going down with the ship. – Source

21-25 Interesting Facts About Japan

1. Japanese women give chocolates to men on Valentine’s day. Men are supposed to return the favor a month later on White Day (March 14th). – Source

2. In Japan, when a death order is issued to a condemned prisoner, he is informed of it only on the morning of his/her execution and their family is not informed until afterwards. – Source

3. Hard drug use is so rare in Japanese culture that in the mid-80s, a drug epidemic was feared because the amount of people suspected of using heroin by police skyrocketed from 29 to 36. – Source

4. 90% of all adoptions in Japan are adult adoptions of men mostly in their 20-30´s. The reason behind this is business leaders need a son to take over their successful business. – Source

5. In 2010, monkeys escaped a primate research center in Japan by using trees as catapults. They were later lured back in with peanuts. – Source

26-30 Interesting Facts About Japan

1. “Namahage” is a Japanese custom, in which men dress up as demons and scare the living daylights out of children for being guilty of laziness or bad behavior, all while adults smile and laugh when their children scream and cry in terror. – Source

2. In Japan, there are more pets than there are children under 15 – Source

3. 90 to 95% of mobile phones sold in Japan are waterproof because young girls are so fond of their mobile phones they even use them in the shower. – Source

4. While Japan is 62nd in terms of land size and 10th in terms of population, it has the 3rd largest economy in the world. It also has the 2nd lowest homicide rate in the world and 2nd highest life expectancy. – Source

5. In Japan, Wakayama Railway Company employs a cat as the “Super Station Master”. She is the only female employee in a managerial position – Source