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 Japanese, on average, are the shortest people.
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Japan's capital Tokyo means "Eastern Capital".
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In Japan, gambling is illegal. However, they circumvent the law by giving out prizes instead of cash, which the winner can then sell back to the establishment for cash.
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The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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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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