Questions tagged [japan]
Questions about the State of Japan; geographical location, political philosophies, historical significance, religious beliefs, ethnic diversity, and etc.
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Did the Japanese military use the Kagoshima dialect to protect their communications during WW2?
During WW2, the US military made good use of many code talkers who spoke in languages the enemy was highly unlikely to understand, most famously Navajo.
Discussions about this often mention that the ...
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Were there Black people in Japan in 1600?
In Where Are The Black People in 'Shogun'? claims:
I don’t ask out of a desire to see representation when it wasn’t
historically accurate. I inquire because there were Black people in
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Is the Japanese government encouraging the young to consume more alcohol?
In many western countries governments have been issuing advice on how much alcohol should be consumed as medical opinion about safe consumption levels has become more stringent (see NHS advice here). ...
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Is Japanese language "cleaner" than English in terms of spreading coronavirus?
I was watching a video from Abroad In Japan channel where Chris Broad, the creator of that channel talks about a TV show in which "experts" discussed about the reasons why number of cases of ...
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Can cremating bodies cause black rain?
There is speculation that the mysterious black rain that Japan had a few months ago was from China cremating bodies, and in particular, mass cremations from coronavirus victims.
7 News: Coronavirus ...
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Is the Dunning-Kruger effect reversed in Japan?
Wikipedia seems to claim so citing a single study:
The study "Divergent Consequences of Success and Failure in Japan and North America: An Investigation of Self-improving Motivations and Malleable ...
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Did WWII Japanese soldiers engage in cannibalism of their enemies?
This Cracked article claims that Japanese soldiers in WWII would eat prisoners of war.
The article claims that there were a number of documented cases of Japanese soldiers engaging in cannibalism:
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Do Japanese crows use traffic to crack nutshells?
In a BBC article, its contended that:
In a Japanese city, carrion crows have discovered how to eat nuts that
they usually find too hard to tackle. One method is to drop the nuts
from height on ...
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Are more than 40% of millenials in Japan virgins?
CNN claims that a survey conducted by Japanese government claimed that 42% of men and 44.2% of women between 18 and 34 are virgins.
I'm not exactly doubting about the survey but more about that the ...
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Did Tomoaki Hamatsu live entirely on contest winnings?
Tomoaki Hamatsu is a Japanese comedian known for trying to live for over a year on mail-in contest winnings on the show
Susunu! Denpa Shonen.
Wikipedia says that he set a world record for living on ...
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Do Japanese police roll drunks and criminals into giant futons?
From the BBC: How Japan has almost eradicated gun crime
"The response to violence is never violence, it's always to
de-escalate it. Only six shots were fired by Japanese police
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Did Obama apologize for the USA using nuclear weapons on Japan?
In the context of Barack Obama's 2016 visit to Japan, this image was made.
Obama apologizes to Japan for this
[Nuclear mushroom cloud]
which was retaliation for this...
[Pearl harbor pictures]
when he ...
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Was snowboarder Kelly Murphy chased by a bear?
This YouTube video titled Snowboarder Girl Chased By Bear - I Was Singing Rihanna Work And Didn't Know It Was Behind Me! depicts a woman snowboarding in Japan. Occasionally, a running bear comes into ...
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Was there a time when the RSL banned Japanese cars from their carparks?
From Prime Minister - Address at CEDA's 2014 State of the Nation Conference, Parliament House, Canberra
Prime Minister Menzies for instance opened up trade with Japan at a time when Japanese cars ...
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Did a department store in Tokyo crucify Santa Claus?
There is a persistent urban legend that a Japanese department store got confused and crucified Santa Claus in a Christmas display. Today's BBC Magazine:
Remembering our mongrel Christmases reminds ...
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Did 800 children in Hong Kong protest against dolphin hunting in Taiji?
From https://twitter.com/planetepics/status/583618153789448192 (and others, accounts such as https://twitter.com/themindblowing/status/458477831149072384 , and the geographically challenged https://...
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Has first cancer case been directly confirmed to Fukushima cleanup?
Slashdot reports First Cancer Case Confirmed From Fukushima Cleanup:
Following on from reports of elevated levels of child cancer and 1,600 civilians deaths from the evacuation, this is the first ...
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Did a man from a non-existent country, Taured, appear in a Japanese airport in 1954, and then disappear?
A number of different web-sites document this mysterious storey of an apparent traveller from an alternate history:
It’s July 1954; a hot day. A man arrives at Tokyo airport in Japan. He’s of ...
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Is this tweet about classes one month after the Hiroshima bombing, and the 2011 tsunami accurate?
https://twitter.com/TheKnowledge/status/593936133358276609
Japan. Top: One Month After Hiroshima, 1945. Bottom: One Month After
The Earthquake and Tsunami, 2011. Incredible.
Are the images genuine,...
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Did Hiroshima change the layout of its streets subsequent to the war?
The following anecdote has gone viral, seen as a gaffe by someone ignorant of the atomic bombing of the city.
From The morning catch-up: a Battlebus poll, a surprising secrecy advocate and a majestic ...
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Are there more than 50,000 people in Japan over 100 years old?
I recently read this article and although majority of the items are believable, #5 is really shocking.
Is it true that there are more than 50,000 alive people in Japan already over 100?
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Were Japanese authorities cracking down on adult themed entertainment in preparation for the 2020 Olympics?
From a Reddit post:
Getting quite a few news about Tokyo cracking down on Lolis, hentai, hentai games, boob sizes, cosplay conventions and recently have their eyes set on an Imouto theme cafe...
What'...
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Do Japanese fishermen put sharks in their tanks to keep fish fresh?
I saw the following story on Quora and when I Googled it, I got a lot of inspirational websites like Patheos.org that were hosting this same story without any citations. I would like to know if the ...
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Are swastikas commonplace in Japan?
Comedian David Sedaris performed at the Sydney Opera House. During his performance, he gave an anecdote about being in a store in Japan. (Confirmation link, but I heard about this elsewhere)
He was ...
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Must Japan's population pay for any accident caused by nuclear power plants sold abroad by Japanese companies?
This image is currently trending on social media:
source
The caption reads:
海外で日本の売った原発が事故を起こした場合、その費用はすべて日本国民の税金から支払う約束になっていりる
If a nuclear power plant sold abroad by Japan causes an accident, ...
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