FACT: Tokyo’s GDP is 46 times greater than that of Tottori Prefecture, the smallest prefecture in terms of GDP. (Source: Cabinet Office data)

FACT: One in eight single men who were single three years ago got married. 

FACT: 36.9% of workers have unpaid overtime due to them, as of Oct. 2007.

FACT: 58.5% of all persons killed or injured in bicycle accidents were aged 65 or older.

FACT: 77.4% of adult males agree with the statement “underaged people should never drink alcohol.”

FACT: There were 18,564 homeless people in Japan as of Jan. 2007.

FACT: The average annual salary of 4-year university graduate males in their late 20s is 3.127 million yen.

(The sources for most of these are unverified, but I trust they are official government stats)

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