Random Japan Facts

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    Japan's capital Tokyo means "Eastern Capital".
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    Most streets in Japan do not have names.
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    According to a Japanese poll in the year 2000, the Japanese believe that their best invention of the twentieth century was instant noodles.
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    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."
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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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    Japanese schools do not have proms.
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    The Japanese, on average, are the shortest people.
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    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Imperial Japan in 1912. They sent more than 3,000 seeds to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
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