10 Genuine Facts About Japan

Japan is an ancient country with extremely interesting history and traditions.

Japan also is very closed off to foreigners, which is why so many tourists are interested in these isolated islands.

Because of its closeness, modern Japanese way of life and culture is quite different from the U.S. and Europe.

Here are 10 genuine facts you probably don’t know about Japan!

Japan does not have janitors.

Streets in Japan are extremely clean, even in Tokyo, the capital and a massive megapolis, all the streets are clean and have no litter.

But how does Japan achieve this without janitors?

It all comes down to their mentality. Japanese people rarely leave rubbish on the streets.

Also, volunteers both young and old, clean the streets simply because they want to live in a clean city.

As a motivator, volunteer work can help you find employment in Japan!

If an employer sees that you have previously worked as volunteer cleaning the streets, you will be seen as a responsible individual and are likely to be hired very quickly.

98.5% of Japans population is Japanese.

Today’s world is becoming more and more international due to cultures mixing.

But this is not the case in Japan, due to extremely hard visas and the cultural mentality, it is a challenge for migrants to stay in Japan.

On the one hand, it protects this unique and ancient culture with old traditions, but on the other hand, is being so closed off bad for connection with the outside world and migrants?

Does Japan even need them? The answer is to follow in the next fact!

25% of the Japan population is older than 65.

Japan is now facing terrible demographic problems.

Because it is so hard to pay for children’s needs like schools, medicine, extracurricular activities, many Japanese people simply don’t have children.

It’s been this way for many years, and now more than 25% of the population is at or over the age of 65.

The solution for this problem is immigrants, who don’t mind integrating, and want to have children.

Japanese Government is now trying to “open” the country for expanding via immigration.