According to a Japanese poll in the year 2000, the Japanese believe that their best invention of the twentieth century was instant noodles.
6
In Japan, more adult diapers are sold than baby diapers.
50
In 2012, as phone booths become increasingly obsolete because of mobile phones, a Japanese artist has turned several booths in Osaka into aquariums.
7
Japanese schools do not have proms.
-21
The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
26
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."
9
Most streets in Japan do not have names.
6