Japan is home to many different forms of martial arts such as karate, judo, kendo, jujutsu and aikido.

The tallest mountain in Japan is Mount Fuji. It stands at 3,776 m.

Japan is made up of 6,852 islands.

Some of the most well-known companies in the world are Japanese such as Toyota, Honda, Sony, Nintendo, Canon, Panasonic, Toshiba and Sharp.

Sumo is recognised as the national sport of Japan, although the most popular spectator sport is baseball.

Japan has the most vending machines in the world. There are 5.52 million machines!

Karaoke was first popular in Japan.