In Japan, more adult diapers are sold than baby diapers.
50
The Japanese, on average, are the shortest people.
320
In Japan, it is tradition for husbands to get a monthly allowance from their wives.
6
Japanese schools do not have proms.
-21
Sleeping on the job is acceptable in Japan. It is viewed as exhaustion from working hard. Some people fake it to look committed to their job.
57
Japan has the most vending machines in the world (5.52 million) which is more than the population of New Zealand.
7
The CEO of Japan Airlines makes $90,000 a year, less than the pilots. During an interview, he said "We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics."
9