Anime refers to animated works that are created in Japan and often feature colorful and stylized animation, complex storylines, and richly developed characters.

Japan has a game show called "Human Tetris" where contestants have to contort their bodies to fit through holes in a moving wall.

The first novel ever written, The Tale of Genji, was written in Japan in the 11th century by a noblewoman named Murasaki Shikibu.