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Your Questions About Japan
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Ageism in the Japanese workplace.
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The most common Japan travel question answered.
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A few travel warnings regarding Tokyo nightlife.
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Anti-nuclear sentiment is very strong in Japan. The citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have become international advocates of nuclear disarmament. Consider this art from one of the survivors of the Nagasaki nuclear bombing.
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Yes, discrimination against obese people is certainly higher in Japan than in Western countries such as the United States, United Kingdom or France.
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It's larger than Germany, Finland and Italy.
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Japan is an island group (archipelago) of 6,852 islands. There are four many islands in Japan: Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku.
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Japanese people aren't particularly interested in what people do in their private lives. From that point of view Japan is gay friendly.
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Yes and no.
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Kyoto was the capital of Japan for much of the country's history.
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Why Jap is a hurtful word.
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Officially Tokyo is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. A prefecture is roughly similar to a state or province.
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Yes, there are beaches in Tokyo and in nearby Chiba, Kamakura and Izu.
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Every year 1000s of people are bitten by poisonous snakes in Japan.
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Kappa are legendary creatures that live in Japanese rivers. They're similar to a merman.
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Okiya are old Japanese houses down the back streets in Geisha districts such as Gion, Pontochō, Miyagawachō, Kamishichiken and Shimabara in Kyoto.
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The word Japan is a mistranslation of a mistranslation.
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Japanese tourists have something of a reputation for taking photos of mundane things such as food in a restaurant or grocery store.
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Sociologists might say that it's escapism. The simple truth is that Japanese people like cute stuff.
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The Chinese Imperial name for Japan from the Sui Dynasty.
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