The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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In 2012, as phone booths become increasingly obsolete because of mobile phones, a Japanese artist has turned several booths in Osaka into aquariums.
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Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.
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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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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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