In Japan, more adult diapers are sold than baby diapers.
50
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.
20
The Japanese, on average, are the shortest people.
320
Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.
114
Japan has the most vending machines in the world (5.52 million) which is more than the population of New Zealand.
7
In 2012, as phone booths become increasingly obsolete because of mobile phones, a Japanese artist has turned several booths in Osaka into aquariums.
7
Most streets in Japan do not have names.
6