508 Quotes About Japan

Expressed another way, with different dates, crimes per 100k people in 1990 numbered 1'324, whereas in 200 the number had risen to 1'925.

The suicide rate expressed in terms of 100k persons in 2009 was 26, 3 times the rate in Britain and 2,5 times the rate in the USA.

In Japan the family has come apart and our sense of community has also disappeared... We are confused and lost. The response to that lostness is nationalism.

Regarding video games, Nintendo has had a huge influence on young people around the world. The company is in fact much older than many might imagine. It started in 1889 as a card company, exactly a 100 years before it produced the Gameboy.

Japan's main strengths, then may be summarized as :- pragmatism, especially flexibility and an ability to compromise and adapt- a respect for the power of learning, particularly learning strengths of others- a respect for ambition and achievement, including hard work- a strong sense of nationhood- an appreciation of the strength of the group- a strong resilience- an acceptance of authority- an acceptance of hierarchy and inequality among individuals.

Ignorance may sometimes be bliss, but not when you're wondering whether or not you're on the right train or if what you're about to eat is filled with bean paste and now chocolate.

Japanese addresses typically involve three numbers separated by dashes (e.g., 3-35-31). The first of these is the sub-area where the house or building is located, the second is the block it is on, and the third is the building number. And when these numbers are added together, the sum equals the percentage chance that you are never going to find the building you're looking for.

Ignorance may sometimes be bliss, but not when you're wondering whether or not you're on the right train or if what you're about to eat is filled with bean paste and not chocolate.

In the 18th century Japan had the world's largest city, and world's most literate population.