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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Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.
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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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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, slurping loudly while eating noodles shows that the food is delicious. It's actually considered rude not to slurp!
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