Japan has more than 5 million vending machines, including ones that sell bananas, underwear, and even canned bread.

My Hero Academia, created by Kohei Horikoshi in 2014, is a popular manga and anime series that follows the adventures of a young boy with no superpowers who dreams of becoming a hero.

The Mongol invasions of Japan in the 13th century were repelled by a combination of strategic planning and a typhoon that destroyed the invading fleet.