Japan

Custom
- Taking off shoes when entering someone's house is a custom and bowing is used for
greetings showing respect and remorse as in many other situations as well. Bowing longer
and a higher degree means more respect.

National dress
- Japan's national dress is called the kimono, they are usually made of silk,
kimono’s reach from the shoulders all the way down to the heels. They are
tied with a wide belt called an obi, have large sleeves and is worm left side
over right. it rose to prominence in the Heian period (AD 794–1193) and it
has survived for men and women for 1000 years.

Food Associated
- Japans most eaten food is rice and the national food is curry rice.
However, Shushi is well known and is the most popular/famous food
in japan.

Religion
- In japan people usually can have two religion, in 1018 when asked about religion people
tend to answer with none. Although 69% of the population practices Shinto
, 66.7% practice Buddhism, 1.5% practice Christianity and 6.2% practice other religions.

Major exports
- The top exports in Japan are Cars ($83.1B), Integrated Circuits ($31.3B), Motor vehicles;
parts and accessories (8701 to 8705) ($28B), Machinery Having Individual Functions
($19.9B), Photo Lab Equipment ($12.1B), refined petroleum $9.76 billion, Hot-rolled iron
$8.35 billion, Gold $7.29 billion. Flat flat-rolled steel $4.79 billion. Refined copper $4.13
billion. exporting mostly to China ($133B), United States ($112B), South Korea ($42.9B),
Chinese Taipei...

Major Imports
- The major imports to Japan are Mineral fuels including oil: US$153.6 billion (20% of total
imports), Electrical machinery, equipment: $113.2 billion (14.7%) , Machinery including
computers: $71.1 billion (9.3%) , Pharmaceuticals: $37.2 billion (4.8%) , Ores, slag, ash: $33.7
billion (4.4%), Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $28.2 billion (3.7%) , Gems, precious
metals: $23.9 billion (3.1%), Vehicles: $23.1 billion (3%), Plastics, plastic articles: $17.3
billion (2.3%), Organic chemicals: $16.7 billion (2.2%)
Natural disasters
- Japan most common types of natural disasters are typhoons. It is considered that the
Great Kanto Earthquake is the worst natural disaster to strike japan. Most recent natural
disaster in japan Occurred on March 11, 2011. It was an earthquake and a tsunami. It also
has caused the most death nearly 20,000.

National animal
- The national animal is a Macaque monkeys also known as the snow monkey. Their fur is
usually either a shade of brown or black and they have long thick hair and red faces.
Their scientific name is Macaca fuscata

Political system
Japan's government are Democracy, Parliamentary system, Unitary state and constitutional
monarchy. The Prime Minister is Fumio Kishida and was born on 29 July 1957 (age 65 years),
at Tokyo japan. His is with the liberal democratic party.

national anthem
Kimigayo is the name of the national anthem, It means Imperial Reign. The lyrics only
consists of 32 word which is the shortest national anthem in the world. The anthem is based
off a poem written about 1000 years ago. The lyrics are
君が代は
千代に八千代に
さざれ石の 巌となりて
苔のむすまで
君が代は
千代に八千代に
さざれ石の 巌となりて
苔のむすまで
君が代は
千代に八千代に
さざれ石の 巌となりて
苔のむすまで

Most common names

During 2019, the top 3 most common names for boys in japan are 蓮 (Ren), followed by 湊
(Minato), and 陽翔 (Haruto), while the top three for girls are 陽葵 (Himari), 芽依(Mei), and
凛 (Rin).