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Today's article will be a little shorter.
The theme is "Records that Japan has", so I will introduce the best records in the world that Japanese people have. How about tomorrow's topic?
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1. Is your Japanese passport amazing?
As of 2021, Japan and Singapore ranked first in the world with 192 countries in terms of the number of countries that can travel without a visa, according to a British research firm. Japan has been in first place since 2018. I want to go on an overseas trip ...
This is a station in Tokyo, "新宿 Shinjuku Station".
According to the 2018 survey, the average number of users per day is 3.59 million, and it is also included in the Guinness Book of Records. As expected, Shinjuku has an alias called "a city that never sleeps" in Japan. The reason is that the railway company has 6 trains coming and going, and you can take the train in many directions. In addition to that, it is also a terminal for long-distance buses and night buses, so users visit regardless of day or night. It is an important point of transportation in Japan.
3. Is Japan the longest-established country in the world? ?? ??
It is said that the reason for this is the existence of "Japanese royal family: the emperor". This is because, according to the records of the Emperor's family, it already existed around the 6th and 7th centuries, and the name of Japan has not changed since then. In other words, the family of the emperor is a royal family that has existed for more than 1500 years, and Japan has a similar history. This record is not recognized in Japan, but is also a record officially recognized by other countries such as the United Kingdom. By the way, the current emperor is the 126th generation and is said to be "the only emperor in the world that exists today."
4. The national anthem is too short!
Yes. It's very short. The Japanese national anthem "君が代 Kimigayo" is recorded as "the national anthem with the shortest lyrics in the world" among the national anthems with lyrics. There are only 31 characters in Japanese. By the way, the shortest playing time in the world is the national anthem of Jordan, which ends in about 30 seconds. In Japan, the tempo of the performance is slow, so it takes about 1 minute even if the number of characters is small.
5. Long life expectancy!
I think it is quite famous that Japan has a long life expectancy. In the 2020 survey
Male: 81.64 years old
Female: 87.74 years old
I got the result. The average life expectancy of women is the highest in the world, surpassing Switzerland, and the average life expectancy of men is the second highest in the world. It is said that the cause is the development of medical treatment and eating habits. It's a very pleasing record, and the increase in the number of elderly people is sometimes talked about in Japan. For details,
please see the previous blog.
Is it true that 40 years old is treated as a young person in Japan?
https://japanese369db.blogspot.com/2021/09/is-it-true-that-40-years-old-is-treated.html
Extra edition
The story of the world's slowest "slowest" marathon runner
In fact, it is the Japanese who have the record of being "latest" in the Olympic marathon. The person's name is "Shizo Kanakuri".
Participated in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Marathon. However, due to the scorching heat in Stockholm this year, half of the players abstained. It was quite harsh, with one of the fallen players dying at a later date. Mr. Kanakuri also fainted at the 32km point and collapsed, and was helped by a neighbor and woke up the next day. Of course the race is over. However, Mr. Kanakuri's treatment was supposed to be "missing during the race", and he returned to Japan without being able to properly convey the notice of abstention. However, in this case, he said, "He has not declared his intention to abstain," and the race was virtually continuing.
55 years later, everyone forgot about that. The city of Stockholm will hold a ceremony to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Olympic Games. At that time, I found Mr. Kanakuri's record while examining the record of the 1912 Olympic Games. "There are Japanese athletes who haven't abstained or completed the race on record. Let's look for confirmation," the Olympic Committee searched for Mr. Kanakuri. When he found his contact information, he called him,
"Are you abstaining or are you still running?"
Then Mr. Kanakuri replied, "I will run," and headed for Stockholm.
Mr. Kanakuri ran in the stadium at the commemorative ceremony and scored a goal. At that time,
"Kanakuri of Japan is now in the goal. The time is 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 32 minutes, 20 seconds 3. This is the end of the entire schedule of the 5th Stockholm Olympics."
Was announced. After that, Mr. Kanamori gave a speech
"It was a long way. During this time, I had five grandchildren."
He said.
"54 years 8 months 6 days 32 minutes 20 seconds 3" This is the record for the slowest marathon in the world.
By the way, Mr. Kanakuri passed away at the age of 92. After that, at the ceremony 100 years after the Stockholm Olympics, Mr. Kanakuri's great-grandson visited the descendants of the farmer who helped at the time of the race.
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