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Location
The Resume
(660 BC- )
Slightly smaller than California
Capital: Tokyo
Population: 126,771,662
Currency: Yen
Became independent 660 BC (traditional founding by Emperor Jimmu)
Constitution ratified (May 3, 1947)
Why Japan might be annoying
In Japan, 20% of all publications sold are comic books, many of them are pornographic anime.
Child pornography was legal in Japan until the late 1990's.
In 1996 it was reported that the most popular publishing premise in Japan was WW II novels in which Japan wins. Entire bookstores were built for the genre.
There's a place in Japan called 'O.'
In Japan, squid is the most popular topping for Domino's Pizza.
Out of the 23,000 Japanese soldiers that died on Guadalcanal during WW II, only 10% died from Allied gunfire. The majority died from fever, malaria, and hunger.
The Japanese cremate 93% of their dead.
In ancient Japan, public contests were held to see who in a town could break wind loudest and longest.
The last Japanese soldier in WW II, Hiroo Onoda, did not surrender from active duty until 1974.
They make very poor horror films.
They bombed Pearl Harbor, bringing the U.S. into World War II (December 7, 1941).
The Tokyo Railway used to employ professional pushers to squash people in.
They have one of the highest suicide rates of any nation.
Why Japan might not be annoying
Japan has the second most powerful economy in the world.
99% of the population of Japan can read and write.
They are the first and only country to have been bombed with atom bombs during war (1945).
Japan has one of the lowest crime rates in Asia.
Venetian blinds were invented in Japan.
In WW II, Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
In 1996, Ringo Starr appeared in a Japanese advertisement for apple sauce, which coincidentally is what his name means in Japanese.
The Japanese national anthem is expressed in only four lines.
Murasaki Shikibu wrote the first full novel, 'The Tale of Genji,' early in the eleventh century.
Japan is hit by about 1,500 tremors and earthquakes a year.
Hirohito was the 124th in an unbroken line of emperors.
Japan is an oceanic mountain range that hasn't yet stopped growing.
Nine years of education is compulsory.
They people have the longest life expectancy at birth.
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Year In Review:
For 2021, as of last week, Out of 627 Votes: 23.13% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 441 Votes: 41.95% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 764 Votes: 45.68% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 292 Votes: 51.71% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 40 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 27 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 62 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 91 Votes: 50.55% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 50 Votes: 62.00% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 95 Votes: 49.47% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 812 Votes: 65.15% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 107 Votes: 60.75% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 69 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 101 Votes: 57.43% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 230 Votes: 44.35% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 1529 Votes: 42.05% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 631 Votes: 48.18% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 1430 Votes: 55.24% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 4807 Votes: 69.38% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 14673 Votes: 74.74% Annoying
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