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Shaken by 1,500 earthquakes a year: 15 curiosities you didn't know about Japan

2022-07-09 19:11:33Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

 

Shaken by 1,500 earthquakes a year: 15 curiosities you didn't know about
Japan

 

There are more pets than children. From blood type to the fastest trains in the world. From the lack of trash cans to kamikaze attacks to samurai. 15 facts about Japan today and yesterday.

1- Illiteracy is almost non-existent

Shaken by 1,500 earthquakes a year: 15 curiosities you didn't know about

According to United Nations data, the illiteracy index for ages over 15 is almost 0.

99.8% of them are able to write and read.

2- In Japan, blood group affiliation has a fundamental importance in society

Shaken by 1,500 earthquakes a year: 15 curiosities you didn't know about

Although scientifically unsupported, it is seen as a value, but also the opposite, both in the selection of candidates for certain jobs and in marriages. Those of groups AB and B are evaluated as having negative quality.

3- It has the most precise trains in the world

Shaken by 1,500 earthquakes a year: 15 curiosities you didn't know about

You probably knew this, but what is surprising is the fact that the index of delays throughout a year is calculated in seconds, but even these are justified by objective events such as bad weather.

4- The consumption of meat was prohibited

Shaken by 1,500 earthquakes a year: 15 curiosities you didn't know about

In 675, Emperor Tenmu, perhaps inspired by Buddhists, imposed the death penalty on those who ate meat. The ban was valid from April to September, but even in other months the consumption of meat was a little widespread. Meat was allowed by law after 1872.

5- Also, by law, dancing in public places has been prohibited in Japan

Shaken by 1,500 earthquakes a year: 15 curiosities you didn't know about

The law came into force after World War II to ban prostitution. The law was repealed after 67 years, in 2015.

6- Bowing is a sign of respect during meetings

Shaken by 1,500 earthquakes a year: 15 curiosities you didn't know about

But this is not the same in all cases. The highest degree is 45 degrees and is reserved for the emperor.

7- There are 5.52 million vending machines in Japan, or 1 for every 23 people

Shaken by 1,500 earthquakes a year: 15 curiosities you didn't know about

In them you can find everything from water, drinks and food, to even clothes. In rural areas, they replace markets and are open and functional 24 hours a day.

8- Japan's surrender at the end of World War II is a story in itself

Shaken by 1,500 earthquakes a year: 15 curiosities you didn't know about

Emperor Hirohito announced the surrender on August 15, 1945 in a recorded message. But before it became public, a general who did not want to surrender tried to destroy it and stage a coup, but luckily failed. After announcing the surrender, General Hatanaka killed himself.

9- It is shaken by 1500 earthquakes a year

Shaken by 1,500 earthquakes a year: 15 curiosities you didn't know about

Japan has 6,852 islands where 90% of the world's earthquakes occur. Some are very small, almost imperceptible, but in total 1,500 fall a year.

10- Samuarai tried their swords on random passers-by

Shaken by 1,500 earthquakes a year: 15 curiosities you didn't know about

And until 1602 this was also a game. After this year it was banned.

11- In Japan there are more pets than children

Shaken by 1,500 earthquakes a year: 15 curiosities you didn't know about

In 2014, the number of registered dogs and cats in Japan was 21.3 million; children at the age of 15 was 16.5 million. By 2060, the Japanese population is destined to decrease by 30%, reaching 87 million people (from 127 million). This is why the Japanese are a long-lived people and are preparing robots to serve the elderly.

12- The inventor of kamikaze planes committed suicide

Shaken by 1,500 earthquakes a year: 15 curiosities you didn't know about

Takijiro Onishi, the Japanese admiral who during World War II devised kamikaze attacks by inciting Japanese pilots to attack the American fleet during World War II, after realizing that he had led so many young men to sacrifice for a lost cause, killed himself, but not by plane, but with the traditional Japanese suicide, seppuku, sword to the stomach.

13- Japanese policemen can make way with you

Shaken by 1,500 earthquakes a year: 15 curiosities you didn't know about

Japan has the lowest crime rate. 1 case in 100 thousand people. In the USA this parameter is 4.8. A Japanese policeman can escort a foreigner who is not in the country by himself, and even pay the taxi for a person who is unable to drive because he is drunk.

14- Kabuki was founded by a woman

Shaken by 1,500 earthquakes a year: 15 curiosities you didn't know about

This type of traditional theater, where even today the actors for the female roles are men, was invented in 1603 by Izumo no Okuni, a Japanese actress and dancer. Initially, this type of art was performed only by women, and then private spectacles were also organized by daimyō (feudal owners). For moral reasons and after a revolt that broke out in 1629 in a theater in Kyoto, women were excluded from this type of representation and dancing.

15- Finding a trash can in Japan is almost impossible

Shaken by 1,500 earthquakes a year: 15 curiosities you didn't know about

There are no trash cans on the street in Japan. The Japanese take their garbage home and separate it by category. It is said that this was done to be more careful in the processing of waste, but it may also be related to the fear of terrorism, since it was the garbage cans where bombs were planted in 1995 during a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway -s.

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