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The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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The Japanese, on average, are the shortest people.
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Most streets in Japan do not have names.
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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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Japan's Musical Roads
Japan has a network of "melody roads" that play music as you drive over them at the correct speed.
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Japanese Holdout
After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
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Japan Kit Kat Flavors
In Japan, over 200 flavors of Kit Kat have been introduced since 2000, including cucumber, ginger ale, soy sauce, wasabi, green tea, and lemon vinegar.
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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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