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Japan

Japan Culture Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 8.03 2005 69th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 1.72 2005 84th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 0.2 2005 170th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 7.83 2005 50th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 2.61 2005 13th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 3.37 2005 28th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 0.29 2005 82nd out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Legal drinking age 20 2014 9th out of 33
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 7.59 2003 42nd out of 178
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 19.75 g 2008 1st out of 17
Food and drink > Beer consumption 5.81 billion L 2014 7th out of 40
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date July 20, 1971 2014
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Tokyo 2014
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes First outlet in Asia , see McDonald's Japan 2014
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Owner or major operator Mitsubishi Corp 2014
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 1,970 2014 18th out of 19
Happy Planet Index 47.5 2012 45th out of 50
Hobbies > Homebrewing legality Legal up to 1% alcohol by volume only; suppliers sell homebrewing equipment and kits, leaving it up to the customer to brew within the law. Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist}} template (see the help page ). 2014
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Negative view of China 64% 2014 5th out of 25
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Net sentiment towards China -59% 2014 25th out of 25
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Neutral view of China 29% 2014 5th out of 25
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Positive view of China 5% 2014 25th out of 25
Sentiments towards other countries > Greatest enemy of Russia 3% 2013 9th out of 10
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws No nationwide protections, but some cities ban some anti-gay discriminations 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1880 (was illegal from 1872-1880; before that there were no laws forbidding same sex relationships) UN decl. sign. 2014
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,841 2014 17th out of 184
Tobacco > Purchase age 20 2014 5th out of 88
Tobacco > Smoking age 20 2014 5th out of 44
Well being > Experienced well-being 6.1 2012 22nd out of 50
World Heritage Sites 13 2014 14th out of 140

SOURCES: Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff. ; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation. p. 273 ff. ; http://www.icap.org/Table/MinimumAgeLimitsWorldwide; World Health Organization. Source tables; Wikipedia: Standard drink (Standard drinks as defined by various countries) (ICAP Report 5 - "What is a 'standard drink'". URL: [1] . Accessed on June 19, 2008.); Per Capita Beer Consumption by Country in 2012, Kirin Holdings Company. Table 3.; Wikipedia: List of countries with McDonald's restaurants (Countries and territories with a McDonald's outlet); Wikipedia: List of countries with KFC franchises (Asia); Wikipedia: List of countries with KFC franchises (Africa); http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/; Wikipedia: Homebrewing (Legality); Wikipedia: Sinophobia (Region-based Sinophobia); http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/country-rating-poll.pdf, June 2014. p. 37.; Levada-center poll, 2013: Russians consider U.S. as their main enemy.; Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Australasia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Central Asia); Wikipedia: List of countries by cigarette consumption per capita (List); Wikipedia: Smoking age; Wikipedia: Table of World Heritage Sites by country (Table of World Heritage Sites)

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Japan Culture Profiles (Subcategories)

Food and drink 16 Sentiments towards other countries 5

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