In 1960, Japanese Socialist Party chairman Inejiro Asanuma was assassinated during a televised debate. With a Samurai sword.
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Weirdo
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Weirdo
Dancing in nightclubs is illegal in Japan.
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Weirdo
Japan has over 50,000 people that are over 100 years old.
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Weirdo
In Japan there is a family that has run the same hotel for nearly 1,300 years . . . or 46 generations.
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Jane
Unless one counts the occupation of Japan by Allied forces, the four main Japanese islands have never been successfully invaded in human history.
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Weirdo
There exists a sword, a jewel, and a mirror that are all over 1,000 years old and extremely sacred to Japan. They are so important that their locations are theorized but unconfirmed and their last sighting was in 1993 during Emperor Akihito’s enthronement but were also covered in packages.
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Weirdo
There is a “Cuddle Cafe” in Japan that allows customers to take a 20 minute cuddle nap with a girl for £24.
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Ray
The Rapeman was a comic book series in Japan where vigilante raped people for justice.
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Weirdo
Sleeping on the job is acceptable in Japan. It is viewed as exhaustion from working hard. Some people fake it to look committed to their job.
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Weirdo
After McDonald’s reduced the price of fries in Japan, teens would have “Potato Parties” where they would buy upwards of 60 orders of fries.
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Weirdo
In Japan there is a railway company that employs a cat as a “Super Station Master”. She is the only female employee in a managerial position.
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Weirdo
There is a robot baby seal from Japan designed as therapy for dementia patients. It responds to touch and voices and even gets sleepy at night.
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Weirdo
An Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who fought in World War II, Hiroo Onoda, did not surrender in 1945. In 1974 his former commander traveled from Japan to personally issue orders relieving him from duty. Onoda had spent almost 30 years holding out in the Philippines.
