In Japan, a strong belief in astrology has led to dramatic changes in the fertility rate and the number of abortions in the years of " Fire Horse ".

In 1966, the number of babies born in Japan dropped by over 25 % as parents tried to avoid the stigma of having a daughter born in the hinoeuma year.

In the 19th century, a number of canals were built in Japan including the Biwako canal and the Tone canal.

More recently, the toad's toxins have been used in a number of new ways: bufotenin has been used in Japan as an aphrodisiac and a hair restorer, and in cardiac surgery in China to lower the heart rates of patients.

Aside from the usual style of playing taiko, a number of distinct forms have emerged from different locations within Japan.

The number of speakers grew rapidly over the next few decades, at first primarily in the Russian Empire and Central Europe, then in other parts of Europe, the Americas, China, and Japan.

Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2010 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced.

In a ranking of the best films produced in Asia by Sight & Sound, Japan made up eight of the top twelve, with Tokyo Story ranked number one.

Because of economic recessions, the number of movie theaters in Japan had been steadily decreasing since the 1960s.

The number of movies being shown in Japan steadily increased, with about 821 films released in 2006.

The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has close and friendly relations with a number of countries around the world, including: the United States, Japan, Germany, Turkey, India, China, Canada, Russia, United Arab Emirates and many others.

The film sold approximately 4, 200, 000 tickets in Japan, becoming the number one Japanese film on the domestic market in the period that included the year 1993.

In Japan, the number of ISDN subscribers dwindled as alternative technologies such as ADSL, cable Internet access, and fiber to the home gained greater popularity.

The number of B channels for PRI varies according to the nation: in North America and Japan it is 23B + 1D, with an aggregate bit rate of 1. 544 Mbit / s ( T1 ); in Europe, India and Australia it is 30B + 1D, with an aggregate bit rate of 2. 048 Mbit / s ( E1 ).

The region is not an official administrative unit, but has been traditionally used as the regional division of Japan in a number of contexts: for example, maps and geography textbooks divide Japan into the eight regions, weather reports usually give the weather by region, and many businesses and institutions use their home region as part of their name ( Kinki Nippon Railway, Chūgoku Bank, Tohoku University, etc .).

A large number of foreigners left Japan in 2011 during the Fukushima nuclear incident.

In his 1998 paper, Japan's Trap, Princeton economics professor Paul Krugman argued that based on a number of models, Japan had a new option.

Mass transportation is well developed in Japan, but the road system lags behind and is inadequate for the number of cars.

Japanese normalization talks halted when North Korea refused to discuss a number of issues with Japan.

Japan was the number one foreign investor in the ASEAN countries, with cumulative investment as of March 1989 of about US $ 14. 5 billion, more than twice that of the United States.

According to the survey conducted by the All Japan Kendo Federation, the number of active kendo practitioners in Japan is 477, 000 in which 290, 000 dan holders are included.

From these figures, the All Japan Kendo Federation estimates that the number of " kendōka " in Japan is 1. 66 million by adding the number of the registered dan holders and the active kendo practitioners without dan grade.

The diversity of NRMs has also seen the emergence of different groups in Africa, Japan, and Melanesia.

* In 1995 an adventure game based on the series was released called Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity on the PC, with a PlayStation port being released in Japan.

Japan BCG Laboratory markets its vaccine, based on the Tokyo 172 substrain of Pasteur BCG, in 50 countries worldwide.

BRP games in Japanese are Houkago Kaiki Club ( 1997, school life and horror, Hobby Japan ), Genom Seed ( 2004, mutant action, Shinkigensha ) and Taitei no Ken RPG ( 2007, SciFi-jidaigeki, based on movie of the same title, Shinkigensha ).

For example, the year in Japan is based on the reign of the current emperor: 2006 was Year 18 of the Emperor Akihito.

International Federation of Cheerleading ( IFC ): Established on the 5th July 1998, the International Federation of Cheerleading ( IFC ) is a non-profit federation based in Tokyo, Japan and is the world governing body of cheerleading.

The IFC is a non-profit organisation founded in 1998 and based in Tokyo, Japan.

The " classic " Datsun logo, based on the Flag of Japan and Japan's Names of Japan | nickname as the " Land of the Rising Sun ".

Members of TaikOz have composed new pieces which are based upon study and performance of drum and flute music from Japan, and the interpretation of music of contemporary Japanese composers such as Maki Ishii and Eitetsu Hayashi.

The Digimon Collectible Card Game is a card game based on Digimon, first introduced in Japan in 1997 and published by Bandai.

The Imperial house of Japan traditionally based its claim to the throne on its descent from Jimmu.

* GMO CLOUD K. K., a company based in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

Furthermore, the primary manufacturers of harmonicas were based in Germany and Japan, who happened to be the Axis powers opposed to the United States and the Allied forces in the war.

As of 2011, 68 of the Fortune 500 companies are based in Japan.

Japan used another technique, somewhat based on Krugman's, called Quantitative easing.

, meaning " Way of The Sword ", is a modern Japanese martial art of sword-fighting based on traditional swordsmanship ( kenjutsu ) which originated with the samurai class of feudal Japan.

* Tamora Pierce's Protector of the Small series shows the Conté royal family marrying into an Imperial line based on the Emperors of Japan ; they preserve their claim to divine lineage by adding the "- kami " suffix to their names ( e. g., Princess Shinkokami ).

In 1990, Capcom produced a video game for the NES, titled Little Nemo: The Dream Master ( known as Pajama Hero Nemo in Japan ), a licensed game based on the 1989 film.

() is a Japanese automotive manufacturer based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

In Japan, the same period marks the formation of the modern forms of judo, jujitsu, karate, and kendo ( among others ) based on revivals of old schools of Edo period martial arts which had been suppressed during the Meiji Restoration.

MPEG-4 has been chosen as the compression scheme for over-the-air in Brazil ( ISDB-TB ), based on original digital television from Japan ( ISDB-T ).

The Sega Technical Institute was a video game development division of Sega based in the United States, unlike the AM divisions which were based in Japan.

However Shinto does not actually require professing faith to be a believer or a practitioner a person who practices " any " manner of Shinto rituals may be so counted, and as such it is difficult to query for exact figures based on self-identification of belief within Japan.