Baseball is one of the most popular sports in Japan, and the country has a professional baseball league with 12 teams.

Shonen Jump, a weekly manga magazine published by Shueisha, has been a major influence on the development of anime and manga culture in Japan, and has produced many popular anime series such as Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Naruto.

The Japanese yen is the official currency of Japan and is the third most traded currency in the world, after the US dollar and the euro.