The 1 yen coin can be used as a weight, because it weighs exactly one gram. Also, it can float on water.
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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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The Japanese, on average, are the shortest people.
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Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
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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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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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Japan has the most vending machines in the world (5.52 million) which is more than the population of New Zealand.
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In Japan, it is tradition for husbands to get a monthly allowance from their wives.
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