The following is an overview of the year 2018 in Japan. Emperor: Akihito Prime Minister: Shinzō Abe Aichi Prefecture: Hideaki Omura Akita Prefecture:...
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In late June through mid-July 2018, successive heavy downpours in southwestern Japan resulted in widespread, devastating floods and mudflows. The event...
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Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the...
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introduced to Japan in 1859 and is Japan's most popular participatory and spectator sport. The first professional competitions emerged in the 1920s. The...
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This is a list of earthquakes in Japan with either a magnitude greater than or equal to 7.0 or which caused significant damage or casualties. As indicated...
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Religion in Japan by affiliation (Pew Research Center 2023) Buddhism (46%) No religion (42%) Christianity (2%) Others (9%) Don't know / no response (1%)...
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2018 Japan Open may refer to: 2018 Japan Open (table tennis) 2018 Japan Open (badminton) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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population. Japanese students consistently achieve high rankings in reading, mathematics, and sciences according to OECD evaluations. In the 2018 Programme...
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The 2018–2019 Japanese protests were a series of peaceful demonstrations and anti-government protests nationwide between May 2018 and June 2019 against...
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Japanese whaling, in terms of active hunting of whales, is estimated by the Japan Whaling Association to have begun around the 12th century. However,...
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people in Japan have fewer legal protections than in most other developed countries, although some developments towards stronger rights have been made in the...
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Japan is regularly affected by natural disasters, with the country being in the Ring of Fire. Two out of the five most expensive natural disasters in...
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(AV) in Japan, so Japanese adult videos (JAV) refers to the Japanese Adult Video industry. Animated films are referred to as hentai in English, but in Japan...
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have sex with men in Japan date back to ancient times. Western scholars have identified these as evidence of homosexuality in Japan. Though these relations...
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The history of Islam in Japan is relatively brief in relation to the religion's longstanding presence in other nearby countries, and forms a minority...
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census statistics in 2018, 97.8% of Japan's population are Japanese, with the remainder being foreign nationals residing in Japan. The number of foreign...
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creating videos about Japanese culture, Japanese food, and travel in Japan, primarily in the Tōhoku region. Broad's interest in filmmaking began at the...
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Tourism in Japan is a major industry and contributor to the Japanese economy. In 2019, the sector directly contributed 11 trillion yen (US$100 billion)...
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Kurds in Japan (Japanese: 在日クルド人, Zainichi Kurudo-jin, Kurdish: Kurdên Japonyayê, Sorani Kurdish: کوردانی ژاپۆن) refers to Kurds residing in Japan. Kurds...
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Censorship in Japan has taken many forms throughout the history of the country. While Article 21 of the Constitution of Japan guarantees freedom of expression...
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most popular sports in Japan, together with baseball, tennis, golf, sumo, and combat sports. Its nationwide organization, the Japan Football Association...
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The 2018 Japan–South Korea radar lock-on dispute is about an incident between a Japanese airplane and a South Korean warship. The aircraft was part of...
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In Japan, suicide (自殺, jisatsu) is considered a major social issue, even though the country has only 49th highest suicide rate globally (WHO, 2021). The...
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Nuclear power generated 5.55% of Japan's electricity in 2023. The country's nuclear power industry was heavily influenced by the Fukushima accident, caused...
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Christianity in Japan is among the nation's minority religions in terms of individuals who state an explicit affiliation or faith. In 2022, there were...
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Hinduism is a minority religion in Japan mainly followed by the Indian, Sri Lankan and Nepali expatriate residents of Japan, who number about 280,000 people...
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for streaming on Netflix in the United States and United Kingdom in May 2018; in Japan in July 2018; and in the Philippines in February 2020. Hyakkaou...
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Toilets in Japan are sometimes designed more elaborately than toilets commonly seen in other developed nations. European toilets occasionally have a separate...
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The 2018 season was the 90th season of competitive association football in Japan. Teams relegated from J1 League Ventforet Kofu Albirex Niigata Omiya Ardija...
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2018 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2018, festivals, a...
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