The Japan national baseball team has won two World Baseball Classic championships and has been a dominant force in international baseball.

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

The 16th century saw the rise of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, who were instrumental in unifying Japan under a centralized government.