Random Japan Facts

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    The Gate Tower Building skyscraper in Japan has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
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    Japan's capital Tokyo means "Eastern Capital".
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    Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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    Japanese schools do not have proms.
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    Mangetsu Man: Tokyo's Trash-Cleaning Superhero
    In Tokyo, there’s a self-proclaimed superhero who goes by the name Mangetsu Man. Keeping his identity secret, he wears a purple bodysuit with a large yellow smiley head. His self-described mission is to keep the city trash-free.
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    In 1968, a car driven by bank employees was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300,000,000 Yen robbery remains unsolved to this day.
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    In Japan, it is tradition for husbands to get a monthly allowance from their wives.
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    School Janitors in Japan
    School Janitors in Japan
    Most Japanese schools don't have dedicated janitors. Instead, children do the daily cleaning, which originated from the Buddhist traditions that associate cleaning with morality.
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