Japan 101

• The Japanese language has a word for 'death from overwork'. It's Karoshi.
• The crime rate in Japan is amongst the lowest in the world.
• Japan is an archipelago of more than 3000 islands, with the four main islands Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku and Hokkiado comprising 97% of its total land area.
• The prefecture of Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the Japanese capital Tokyo, is the largest metropolitan area in the world.
• It has the highest life expectancy in the world and its literacy rate is almost 100%.
• Japan is the tenth largest country in terms of population, the second largest economy in the world after America, and the third largest purchasing power in the world.
• Japan is the most vulnerable nation to earthquakes amongst all the regions of the world. Each year about 1500 earthquakes are recorded in Japan.
• Japanese food is considered the most nutritious and healthy food in the world