Unlike most constitutional monarchies, the Emperor is not even the nominal chief executive explicitly in the Constitution of Japan, but has duties " in matters of state ", which are closely regulated.

Unlike neighboring Japan or northern China, North Korea experiences few severe earthquakes.

Unlike in neighboring Japan and South Korea, small and medium-sized businesses make up a large proportion of businesses in Taiwan.

Unlike the other three major islands of Japan, Shikoku has no volcanoes.

Unlike JRA, NAR mainly organize dirt graded events which JRA has few, including International Grade 1 race Tokyo Daishōten, and numbers of Domestic Grade 1 events like Teio Sho, Kashiwa Kinen and Japan Breeder's Cup series.

Unlike other military work, POD designs and builds for all of the military services — Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines — in Japan, Korea, and Kwajalein Atoll.

Unlike most people in East Asia, Japanese people generally do not celebrate Chinese New Year ( it having been supplanted by the Western New Year's Day in the late 19th century ); although Chinese residents in Japan still do.

Unlike Japan and the United Kingdom ( where regulatory authority over the banking, securities and insurance industries is combined into one single financial-service agency ), the U. S. maintains separate securities, commodities, and insurance regulatory agencies — separate from the bank regulatory agencies — at the federal and state level.

Unlike other constitutional monarchs, the Emperor of Japan has no reserve powers.

Unlike other municipalities ( including the municipalities of western Tokyo ), special wards were initially not considered to be local public entities for purposes of the Constitution of Japan.

Unlike the case of the Japan, the emperor's regime in traditional Chinese political theory allowed for a change in dynasty, and an emperor could be replaced by a rebel leader.

Unlike other rapid transits in Japan, Osaka Municipal Subway uses third rail system ( except for Sakaisuji Line, Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line and Imazatosuji Line which use overhead catenary ).

Unlike some types of Chinese mooncakes, mooncakes in Japan almost never contain an egg yolk in the center.

Unlike the first game, which had an English version produced for the European market, the MSX2 version of Metal Gear 2 was never officially released outside Japan ( a fan translation was produced though ).

Unlike the first game, Wave Race 64 and Wave Race: Blue Storm were also released in Japan.

Unlike its predecessors, the Z31 featured a V6 engine in the 200Z / ZS / ZG, 300ZX and 300ZR, and the only Z31 to come with a I6 was the Fairlady 200ZR which was only available in Japan.

Unlike 6G74-based engines in Japan, the Australian-built V6s still had 24 valves but used a SOHC design instead of a more complex and costly double overhead cam ( DOHC ) design.

Unlike most of the FIK affiliates, including Japan, they wish to see kumdo / kendo become an Olympic sport as with Judo and Taekwondo.

Unlike the previous Donkey Konga games, Donkey Konga 3 was only released in Japan.

Unlike earlier Zen writings originating in Japan, including Dōgen's own Shinji Shōbōgenzō and Eihei Koroku, which were written in Chinese, the Kana Shōbōgenzō was written in Japanese.

Unlike the original game, Conker: Live & Reloaded was also released in Japan.

Unlike in Japan, where comics were quickly recognised as a potentially mature medium, comic readership remained confined to children, and content remained largely conservative and un-intellectual.

Unlike most of Nintendo's games, it was never released or intended to be released in Japan.

Unlike many " monster " races in Doctor Who, the Draconians were articulate and portrayed as having a sophisticated and advanced culture not unlike that of feudal Japan.

Unlike the south-east and northern counties, Gloucestershire had neither the large home gates nor the necessary funds that could have secured the services of good quality professionals.

Unlike the northern part of Berchtesgadener Land and the Salzburg area, Berchtesgaden has virtually no manufacturing industry.

Unlike central and northern Italy, in the last decade the region of Campania has not attracted large numbers of immigrants.

Unlike many other mountain ranges, the higher peaks are often located outside the main chain and found themselves between the northern valleys ( Grand Combin, Weisshorn, Mischabel, Weissmies ).

Unlike the dynasties of northern China, which succeeded one other in rapid succession, the regimes of southern China were generally concurrent, each controlling a specific geographical area.

Unlike the similar-looking and closely related muskellunge, the northern pike has light markings on a dark body background and fewer than six sensory pores on the underside of each side of the lower jaw.

Unlike the earlier northern Idaho mining areas of Florence ( northeast of Riggins ) and Pierce, the Boise Basin mines provided good returns over a period of many years, the peak years being 1863-66, during and immediately after the Civil War.

Unlike the real St. Olaf, which is situated in western Minnesota, the fictional St. Olaf is a Norwegian farming settlement situated in northern Minnesota.

Unlike the previous installment, which featured a pirate high-seas adventure theme, this game has more of a mix between a mechanical theme ( especially the technological island of Mekanos ) and a generic theme similar to the first game, but unlike Donkey Kong Countrys often tropical sceneries, this game features locations much more similar to northern maritime and continental climates, including the presence of evergreen and deciduous forests, snowy mountains, cliffs, waterfalls and a group of allies called Brothers Bear.

Unlike the rest of northern China, desertification is not a problem in Henan, though sandstorms are common in cities near the Yellow River due to the large amount of sand present in the river.

Unlike in the south, where devotion was centered on both Shiva and Vishnu ( in all his forms ), the northern devotional movement was centered on Rama and Krishna, both of whom are considered incarnations of Vishnu.

Unlike most other Swedish film it takes place in a larger community at the northern peak of Sweden, being filmed in Kalix and Kiruna.

" Unlike much of northern New York, Massena was not completely in the Macomb's Purchase.

Unlike the northern United States, religious music did not prosper in Maryland until the end of the colonial period, and then only in Baltimore in the German communities of Carroll, Montgomery and Frederick countries.

Unlike the northern hemisphere, the large tracts of open ocean below 40th parallel south ( interrupted only by Tasmania, New Zealand, and the southern part of South America ) mean that higher windspeeds — the Roaring Forties — can develop.

Unlike the other species of Arctostaphylos ( see Manzanita ), they are adapted to Arctic and Subarctic climates, and have a circumpolar distribution in northern North America, Asia and Europe, one with a small highly disjunctive population in Central America.

Unlike other swampy areas of the Great Lakes, such as northern Minnesota, there were no conifers ( Sampson, 1930 ).

Unlike the alphabetical streets in northern Back Bay, where Arlington is to the east and Hereford to the west, Albermarle is located to the west and Harcourt to the east.

Unlike most of the West Iberian languages, Portuguese usually differs between the voiced bilabial plosive and the voiced labiodental fricative, but this distinction historically never appeared in the dialects of the northern half of Portugal, and it disappeared due to Hispanic influences in Southern Brazil and in some dialects spoken in the border of Brazil or Portugal and Spanish-speaking countries.

Unlike the first expansion Tribunal, which added a city separate from the world map consisting of interior cells, Bloodmoon adds a large new island to the original world map, a cold northern territory named Solstheim.

Unlike the early decades of East Germany and West Germany or North Korea and South Korea, the northern Yemen Arab Republic ( YAR ) and the PDRY remained relatively friendly, though relations were often strained.

Unlike most Italian preachers of repentance in the 15th century, John was effective in northern and central Europe, in Germany, Bohemia, Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Poland.

Unlike its northern counterpart it passes mostly over open ocean.