Kevin Kobayashi - Japan Facts (Page 50)

Japan has somewhere between 23,000 and 32,000 ramen shops

Japan has just 327 thefts per 100,000 people.

Japan exports over $800 million of Mollusks annually – scallops, octopus, oysters, and more.

Each year, five billion Bento Box lunches are made at home in Japan.

Average life expectancy in Okinawa, Japan is 80 for men and 87 for women.

98% of all adoptions in Japan are of adult males in their 20s.

The first emojis – a set of 176 images – were created in Japan.

For ¥ 13,000 you can rent a girlfriend for two hours.

Japan imported $42 million of horse meat in 2022.

Approx. 50% of all Japanese tea is sold to the United States.

Leading the world in matcha exports, Japan ships $85 million of matcha abroad every year.

When there's a gift for every occasion... you end up spending $70 billion on omiyage (gifts) every year like the Japanese