On the fateful day in 1896 when the great waves approached Japan, fishermen at sea noticed no unusual swells.

After an earthquake in Japan in 1793 people on the coast at Tugaru were so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground.

During a 1933 tsunami in Japan the sea glowed brilliantly at night.

At, the Channel Tunnel possesses the longest undersea portion of any tunnel in the world, although the Seikan Tunnel in Japan is both longer overall at and deeper at below sea level.

No point in Japan is more than 150 kilometers from the sea.

* Lowest point: Sea of Japan, 0 m ( sea level )

In his own words about his birth, Nichiren stated that he was " the son of a chandala family who lived near the sea in Tojo in Awa Province, in the remote countryside of the eastern part of Japan.

But President Millard Fillmore, determined to open up trade with Japan, has sent Commodore Matthew C. Perry across the Pacific, and, to the consternation of Lord Abe and the Shogun's other Councillors, the stirrings of trouble begin with the appearance of Manjiro, a fisherman who was lost at sea and rescued by Americans.

During the winter feeding season, they spend their time almost exclusively at sea, extending their range throughout the North Pacific and south to Japan and California.

Raeder believed that once Britain was defeated, Germany would have to take on and destroy Japan to properly achieve its " world power status " because as a great sea power, Japan was bound to become an enemy of the Reich sooner or later.

The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland, the Japanese archipelago and Sakhalin.

The Sea of Japan was once a landlocked sea when the land bridge of East Asia existed.

During the Tang Dynasty in China, when esoteric Buddhist practices reached their peak, Japan was actively importing Buddhism, its texts and teachings, by sending monks on risky missions across the sea to stay in China for two years or more.

About a quarter of all oil carried by sea passes through the strait, mainly from Persian Gulf suppliers to Asian markets such as China, Japan, and South Korea.

* Having shallow channels and deep basins, the Sea of Japan could form a mediterranean sea, but the strong currents from the Pacific prevent it from having an independent water circulation.

Killing sea lions is strictly prohibited in the U. S, Canada and Russia, but, in Japan, a fixed number are still removed annually, ostensibly to protect their fisheries.

Fossils indicate that Steller's sea cow was formerly widespread along the North Pacific coast, reaching south to Japan and California.

Like much of northern Japan, the prefecture has cold winters, particularly away from the sea.

In June 2007, four North Korean defectors reached Aomori Prefecture, after having been at sea for six days, marking the second known case ever where defectors have successfully reached Japan by boat.

In Japan, arajio is the preferred salt, because it is a natural sea salt.

Ophir was said to be "[...] in front of China towards the sea, of many islands where the Moluccans, Chinese, and Lequios met to trade ..." Jes Tirol asserts that this group of islands could not be Japan because the Moluccans did not get there, nor Taiwan, since it is not composed of " many islands.

* Sea of Japan, a marginal sea between Japanese archipelago, Russia, and Korean Peninsula.

Japan calls the sea Minami Shina Kai " South China Sea ".

The three best known chinmi of Japan are salt-pickled sea urchin roe ( uni ), salt-pickled mullet roe ( karasumi ) and pickled sea cucumber innards.

It is a speciality of Nagasaki and along with salt-pickled sea urchin roe and Konowata one of the three chinmi of Japan.

The village is known for fishing and seafood, including sea urchin ( uni ), sea cucumber ( namako ) and squid ( ika ), as well as for its view of the sunset on the Sea of Japan.

There is no other place in Japan to harvest sea urchin from winter to summer other than Rausu.

Kyoto is the ancient capital of Japan and still its cultural center.

It, along with Nara, was untouched by the war -- and is now a beautiful example of the loveliness of prewar Japan.

This is a significant fact in Japan, for only a few years ago he would have had no choice.

It is the second largest city in Japan, with about four million people.

Our Masu is one of the very few architects in Japan who is trying to plan homes around family functions and women's needs.

Songs from China and Japan were reserved exclusively for Miss Mao, who is a native of China, and those of the British Isles were sung by Mr. Fuller, who is English by birth.

This leader must be a man who lives above illusions that heretofore have shaped the foreign policy of the United States, namely that Russia will agree to a reunited Germany, that the East German government does not exist, that events in Japan in June 1960 were Communist-inspired, that the true government of China is in Formosa, that Mao was the evil influence behind Khrushchev at the Summit Conference in Paris in May 1960, and that either China or Russia wants or expects war.

The abacus is still manufactured in Japan today even with the proliferation, practicality, and affordability of pocket electronic calculators.

The third is between Japan and western North America.

* 1875 – The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.

* 1945 – World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb " Little Boy " is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay.

* 1945 – World War II: Nagasaki, Japan is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar.

* 1918 – Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I.

Chinese philosophy is the dominant philosophical thought in China and other countries within the sinosphere, including Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.

The meat of this mollusk is considered a delicacy in certain parts of Latin America ( especially Chile ), France, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and East Asia ( especially in China, Japan, and Korea ).

* Shinto, the traditional religion of Japan, is highly animistic.

* 1281 – Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a " divine wind " for the second time in the Battle of Kōan.

* 1978 – The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China is signed.

This is due to confusion over mixed heritages and to ethnic issues in Japan resulting in those with Ainu backgrounds hiding their identities.

In Japan, because of intermarriage over many years with Japanese, the concept of a pure Ainu ethnic group is no longer feasible.

The only places outside of Japan in which Y-haplogroup D is common are Tibet and the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean.