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According to the worldbank Japan had the very highest life expectancy in the world in 1985-87, 1989-95, 1998, 2002, 2003<br/><br/>
According to the WorldBank, Japan had the world's very lowest infant mortality rate in 1986-88, 1992-93<br/><br/>
Okinawans have more people over 100 year old per 100,000 population than anywhere else in the world<br/><br/>
The first written historical accounts that we have of the Japanese are found in the Chinese records of the third century. The Chinese History of the Wei of A.D. 297 records that the Japanese had sent tributary and (Page 14) trading embassies to China as early as A.D. 57. They describe the Wa (or ‘‘dwarfs’’) as being a nearly nude, barely civilized people (but still managed the sea journey in their own ships) who tattooed their skins and worshiped many gods. <a href="Otherfacts.html#1">[1]</a><br/><br/>
20% of National Treasures, 17 World Heritage Sites that belong to Japan are in Kyoto, and Kyoto is the cultural center of Japan and was the capital for over 1000 years<br/><br/>
in 1584 Alessandro Valignano wrote that the Japanese "excel not only all the other oriental peoples, they surpass the Europeans as well"<a href="Otherfacts.html#2">[2]</a><br/><br/>
A deadly martial art in Japan exists based solely on a Fan. And that is tessenjutsu<a href="Otherfacts.html#3">[3]</a><br/><br/>
Gifu: served as the center of swordsmaking in all of Japan with seki known for making the best swords in Japan, located in the center of Japan, Gifu has long played an important part as the crossroads of Japan, connecting the east to the west through such routes as the Nakasendo. During the Sengoku period, many people referred to Gifu by saying "control Gifu and you control Japan"<br/><br/>
Shikoku, the smallest of the four major islands of Japan, means "four provinces", referring to Ehime, Kagawa, Tokushima, and Kochi<br/><br/>
Japan has 6852 islands, including the world's seventh largest island Honshu at 277963 square km<br/><br/>
The birthplace of Haiku is Ehime<br/><br/>
The birthplace of the Tea Ceremoney is Ishikawa<br/><br/>
Mount Haku,Tate,Fuji are Japan's "Three Holy Mountains"(Sanreizan)<br/><br/>
The birthplace of Miso Ramen is Sapporo(Hokkaido)<br/><br/>
Ford, Chrysler, Rover, Motorola, and HP adopted Japanese management techniques. According to page 7 countries that diffused Japanese management techniques include Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Mexico in Latin America and the Caribbean, and India in South Asia. According to page 307 "Japanese management techniques...have been diffusing at an increasingly rapid pace in western economies over the past decade"<a href="Otherfacts.html#4">[4]</a><br/><br/>
Huge and powerful China lies some 500 miles(800 kilometers) to the west of Japan. Russia's vast Siberian territory looms less than 200 miles(320 kilometers) across the Sea of Japan. North Korea lies about 500 miles(800 kilometers) across the Sea of Japan. To the east across some 4000 miles(6400 kilometers) of open Pacific Ocean lie Japan's major markets in the United States and Canada<a href="Otherfacts.html#5">[5]</a><br/><br/>
An example of Japan's new leadership is found in its hosting of the Kyoto Protocol in December of 1997. Nations from around the world came together to meet in the Japanese city of Kyoto to discuss the problem of global warming. They signed an agreement called the Kyoto Protocol, which establishes a formula for how much gaseous pollution developed countries can emit into the atmosphere<a href="Otherfacts.html#5">[5]</a><br/><br/>
With no place in Japan being more than about 100 miles from the sea, a diet of seafood nourishes the population<br/><br/>
In 1956 Japan became a member of the United Nations<br/><br/>
In 1964 Tokyo hosted Summer Olympics, in 1972 Sapporo hosted the Winter Olympics, in 1998 Nagano hosted the Winter Olympics<br/><br/>
According to Shinto, Japan's indigenous religion, the Japanese Empire was founded in 660BCE by the emperor Jimmu, a descendant of the sun goddess and ancestor of the present emperor<br/><br/>
Some estimates of Japan percentage of Christians range less than 0.5%<a href="Otherfacts.html#6">[6]</a>, if true that would make Japan among the least 15 Christian countries. But the JapanTimes 0.8%<a href="Otherfacts.html#7">[7]</a> sounds just right, if the JapanTimes is correct then Japan is among the least 20 Christian countries and the least Christian country in the developed world. According to upbc in Japan there are
•9 cities without a church.<br/>
•1,733 towns of between 15,000 to 30,000 with no church.<br/>
•Of 3,000,000 tertiary students less than 1% are hearing the gospel.<br/><br/>
The Islamic Center estimates there are approximately 100,000 to 110,000 Muslims. Meaning less than 1 in 1100 of the Japanese population is Muslim<br/><br/>
There are 1,000 Jews in Japan, or less than 1 in 120,000 of the Japanese population<a href="Otherfacts.html#8">[8]</a><br/><br/>
A large quantity of Japanese adhere to new religions, some large new religions in Japan include Seicho-No-Ie at 3 million adherents<a href="Otherfacts.html#9">[9]</a> and Tenrikyo at around 2-3 million, which is also the largest religion in the world to be founded by a woman<br/><br/>
In 1274 and again in 1281 the continental Mongol forces, who had already conquered most of China and all of Korea, attempted to invade Japan. Led by the courageous young regent Hojo Tokimune, the Japanese put up a fierce defense. The Mongol forces were technologically superior, however, employing complex coordinated troop movements of large infantry and cavalry units, whereas the Japanese were more accustomed to fighting as individual samurai. The Mongols also used powerful cross-bows and catapults that fired exploding fireballs. The Japanese still used swords, spears, and longbows. The Mongols were also a numerically superior force. In the 1274 attempted invasion they brought nearly 30,000 Mongol and Korean warriors, in 1281 a huge armada with a combined (PAGE 31) Chinese, Mongol, and Korean force of nearly 140,000 men. The Japanese put up a determined fight, but ultimately the Mongols were driven away by typhoons both times (which the Japanese called kamikaze or ‘‘Wind of the Gods’’) off the northwestern coast of Kyushu.<a href="Otherfacts.html#10">[10]</a><br/><br/>
<a name="1"/>[1]The History of Japan Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations, 1096-2905
author : Perez, Louis G. Page 13<br/>
<a name="2"/>[2]Historia del Principoy Progresso de la Compania de Jesus en las Indias Orientales<br/>
<a name="3"/>[3]http://www.japantravel.co.uk/japan-guide/facts.html<br/>
<a name="4"/>[4]Easternization: The Spread of Japanese Management Techniques to Developing Countries, page 5<br/>
<a name="5"/>[5]Modern World Nations Japan<br/>
<a name="6"/>[6]http://www.upbc.org.au/host/node/60<br/>
<a name="7"/>[7]http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20020101b2.html<br/>
<a name="8"/>[8]http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/jewpop.html<br/>
<a name="9"/>[9](Clarke, Peter B. (editor), The Religions of the World: Understanding the Living Faiths, Marshall Editions Limited: USA (1993); pg. 208.)<br/>
<a name="10"/>[10]The History of Japan Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations, 1096-2905 author : Perez, Louis G. Page 30<br>
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