Japan is long praised for its incredibly rich culture, mouthwatering sushi, developed economy and polite people. What else should we know?

 

• 4 main islands

 

While Japan is an archipelago with almost 6,952 islands, only 4 main islands make up the majority of its main lands, namely Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. Tokyo is located in Honshy Island.

 

• Life Expectancy

 

Japan takes a second place in worldwide life expectancy, following HongKong with average life expectancy is 83.6 and 84 years old respectively. This impressive rank is contributed by healthy diet, walking habit and family orientation lifestyle

 

• Karoshi

 

This is Japanese word for death by Overwork. Japan has some of the longest working hours in the world. To resolve this, Government launched an initiative called Premium Friday to encourage employees to leave at 3pm in the last Friday of the month

 

•  Ban on Dancing

 

There is a ban in Japan on dancing after midnight or 1 am from 1948 to 2015. This is because many dancing venues are a font of prostitution.

 

•  Vending Machine

 

On average, there are 23 vending machines for every 1 person in Japan. Japanese people buy almost everything from vending machines. You can buy cans, vegetables, ramen, eggs, toys and even technological devices.