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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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    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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    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    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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    The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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    The Japanese, on average, are the shortest people.
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    Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.
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    Japanese schools do not have proms.
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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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