Japan Fun Facts - Interesting Facts about Japan

One of the most important Japan facts is that the Japanese are amongst the most hard-working people in the world. Once, the workers of a shoe factory in Japan went on strike. The way they protested, represents certain facts about Japan which are typical of its industrious population. They simply worked on the manufacturing of single shoes (only for one leg). This way the production remained on course, but the company couldn't sell the product. Once the issue was resolved, the other pair was manufactured, resulting in a win-win situation for both company and the workers.

Interesting Facts about Japan

• The Japanese language has a word for 'death from overwork'. It's Karoshi.
• The crime rate in Japan is amongst the lowest in the world.
• Japan is an archipelago of more than 3000 islands, with the four main islands Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku and Hokkiado comprising 97% of its total land area.
• The prefecture of Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the Japanese capital Tokyo, is the largest metropolitan area in the world.
• It has the highest life expectancy in the world and its literacy rate is almost 100%.
• Japan is the tenth largest country in terms of population, the second largest economy in the world after America, and the third largest purchasing power in the world.
• Japan is the most vulnerable nation to earthquakes amongst all the regions of the world. Each year about 1500 earthquakes are recorded in Japan.
• Japanese food is considered the most nutritious and healthy food in the world.

Japan Fun Facts - Lifestyle

• In Japan a watermelon costs about 250 - 300 USD and a musk-melon costs around 100 USD.
• If you want to buy a Coca-Cola can from a vending machine, it would cost more than a dollar.
• It is considered inappropriate behavior in Japan to blow your nose in public or tear gift wrappings, although you can smoke almost in every public place.
• Japan has the longest reigning monarchy in the world.
• They are the largest consumer of timber imported from the Amazon rain forests.
• Japan has a high rate of smokers, with almost 60% of the population indulging in smoking.
• The Japanese language incorporates four different forms of writing.
• English happens to be the only foreign language taught in Japanese schools.
• Rice for breakfast, lunch and dinner along with tea for lunches and dinners is a common Japanese diet habit.
• There is a vending machine almost in every corner of its cities, where you can get beer, cigarettes, newspapers and cold drinks

Weird and Curious Japan Facts

• After breaking up with their boyfriends, Japanese girls usually cut their hair.
• Few men too shave their heads as a form of apology to someone.
• Japanese firms serve alcohol to the employees in the evening after 6 pm.
• Japanese people 'slurp' their food, which is considered as a sign of tasty food. If you don't do it in Japan, it may disappoint your host.
• Many people in Japan are accustomed to eating raw horse meat.

Fast Facts of Japan

• The US has almost 90 military bases in Japan.
• Japan does not have an atomic weapon, yet it is the only country in the world against which atomic weapons have been used.
• Japanese constitution provides for an article, completely renouncing war or aggression.
• It has the world's largest sex industry.
• The Japanese culture is essentially entertainment loving. It has the largest density of cafes, massage parlors, gaming centers, restaurants and clubs in one square kilometer area, more than anywhere on the Earth.
• The Japanese practice whale hunting on a large scale, as whale meat is a common food in Japan.

One of the fast facts about Japan is that, Japanese people are extremely fun loving, intelligent and friendly people. Today, they are one of the leading nations of the world in technology, science, human development and inventions. A Japan travel tour would really be a fantastic idea to visit this country and get a first hand experience of Japan fun facts.