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Questions about the State of Japan; geographical location, political philosophies, historical significance, religious beliefs, ethnic diversity, and etc.
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Is "Fukuppy" a mascot of the Fukushima nuclear accident?
No, it's the wrong Fukushima. The mascot is for Fukushima Industries Corporation, founded by Nobuo Fukushima in Osaka, where it is still headquartered. The name of the company has nothing to do with t …
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Did Japanese people eat pickled fish eyes?
http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Aichi/Nagoya/Midori-ku/blog-534400.html mentions eating fish eye (not necessarily pickled) in Nagoya, and a comment on a blog post has someone mentioning they ate pickled …
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Did 800 children in Hong Kong protest against dolphin hunting in Taiji?
No. The assembly is about a ban on trawling in Hong Kong.
From Hong Kong's trawling ban is big step to sustainable fishery
About 800 school children and teachers form the shape of a Chinese white …
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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. …
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Are swastikas commonplace in Japan?
During his performance, he gave an anecdote about being in a store in Japan. … Are swastikas considered so normal in Japan that a shop-keeper wouldn't have thought of that being the source of Sedaris' confusion? …
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Are swastikas commonplace in Japan?
Buddhism and Shinto are the two most common religions in Japan (with people often practicing both). …
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Is "Fukuppy" a mascot of the Fukushima nuclear accident?
Text: Hajimemashite! (Pleased to meet you) "Fukuppy" desu. (I'm Fukuppy)
Is this the mascot of the Fukushima dai-ichi nuclear accident?
(Example tweet)
#Fukushima #FukNuke #FUBAR now officially …
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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://tw …
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Did the Kinki Nippon Tourist Company change its name?
Visitors to Japan still
have the opportunity to take a ride on the Kinki Nippon Railway.
Did "Kinki Nippon Tourist Company" change its name? …
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Did the Kinki Nippon Tourist Company change its name?
"Kindai" is a contraction of "Kinki", a region of Japan, and "Daigaku", the Japanese word for university. …
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Is dolphin hunting in Taiji unsustainable?
In the article "Dolphin hunt claim denied" (page 3 of mX Sydney, 25 March 2015), Australia for Dolphins chief executive Sarah Lucas refers to "the violent and unsustainable dolphin hunts in Taiji". Th …
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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 were …
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Did Matsuo Bashō compose a haiku about Matsushima where he was at a loss for words?
Lonely Planet's "Discover Japan" claims that Matsuo Bashō wrote a haiku where he was at a loss to describe Matsushima Bay. …
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Is a giant wolffish the result of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident?
and in the Daily Mail as Fisherman reels in SUPER-FISH off the coast of Japan. …
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For the same size, is real estate cheaper in Australia than Japan?
People have a stereotype about prices in general in Japan being very high, probably based on reports about Japan during the bubble economy. … Japan real estate prices are expensive: link. …
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