List of records of Japan

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List of records of Japan is an annotated list of Japanese records organised by category.

Contents

[edit] Geography

See also: Extreme points of Japan

[edit] Political entities

[edit] Buildings

Hakogi Family House, the residence built in 806.
Hakogi Family House, the residence built in 806.

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Aviation

  • The shortest regular flight route: From Kita-Daitō Airport to Minami-Daitō Airport. The flight takes 3 minutes.
  • The longest regular flight route: From New Chitose Airport to Naha Airport. The flight takes 3 hours and 25 minutes.
  • Airport with the larget number of users: Haneda Airport, 65 million users per annum. (4th busiest in the world.)

[edit] Rail transportation

.*The shortest railway tunnel: JR Agatsuma Line Tarusawa Tunnel, 7.2m.

[edit] Road

The "full view" of National Route 174, the shortest highway.
The "full view" of National Route 174, the shortest highway.
  • The longest expressway: Tōhoku Expressway, 679.5km.
  • The longest national highway: Route 4, 743.7km.
    • The longest national highway, in the official count: Route 58, 857.6km. (Only 255.5 km is on land.)
  • The shortest national highway: Route 174, 187m.
  • The shortest prefectural road: Hiroshima Prefectural Route 204, length 7m. (Width 14m.)
  • The widest road: Ōsaka Chūō Loop Line, 122m at its widest point.
  • The longest road tunnel: Kanetsu Tunnel, 11,055m.
  • The longest road bridge: Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line, Tokyo Bay Aqua-Bridge, 4424m.
  • The longest suspended bridge in the world: Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge, 1,991m.
  • Road with the highest altitude: Hida Nokkoshi mountain path, Gifu and Nagano, 3,020m.
    • Road with the highest altitude, accesible by normal vehicles: Ōdarumi Path, Nagano and Yamanashi, 2,360m.
  • Road with the lowest altitude: Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line, Tokyo Bay Aqua-Tunnel, -60m.

[edit] Bus

[edit] Literature

  • The best selling book, excluding comics: Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, more than 7.5 million copies.
  • Series novel with the most volumes: Guin Saga series by Kaoru Kurimoto, main series 108 volumes, spinoffs 20 volumes, still ongoing.
  • Book that needed the longest preparation: Dainihonshi (The history of Great Japan), which the group of authors began writing in 1657, completed in 1906.
  • Serialized novel with the most episodes: The Human Revolution by Daisaku Ikeda, 4,955 episodes as of November 18, 2006, including The New Human Revolution, its sequel. Still ongoing.
  • The shortest poem in the world: Hi e yamu (陽へ病む) by Ōhashi Raboku, 4 Japanese letters.
  • Newspaper with the largest circulation in the world: Yomiuri Shimbun, 14,323,781 copies.
  • Freepaper with the largest circulation in the world: Pado, 12,919,300 copies.

[edit] Manga

[edit] Entertainment

  • Best selling musician, according to the official announcement by the record company: Michiya Mihashi, 160 million copies.
  • Best selling musician, after Oricon chart started: B'z, 75 million copies.
  • Biggest selling male artist: Hirai Ken
  • Biggest selling single: Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun by Masato Shimon.
  • Biggest selling album: First Love by Hikaru Utada.
  • Biggest selling female artist: Ayumi Hamasaki
  • Biggest selling female artist remix: Ayumi Hamasaki
  • Most singles sold by a band: B'z
  • Most singles sold by a female artist: Ayumi Hamasaki
  • Biggest live show: GLAY EXPO '99 - survival by Glay, 200,000 people.
  • Musician who dominated Oricon Top 100 chart with multiple songs in a same week: Southern All Stars, 44 songs.
  • Musician who dominated Oricon Top 10 chart with multiple songs in a same week: B'z, 9 songs.
  • Single which took the longest time to become Oricon No.1: Katte ni Sinbad by Southern All Stars, released in June 25, 1978, Oricon No.1 in July 2003.
  • Musician with the most songs played in a single live performance: Ichirō Mizuki, 1,000 songs, sung for 24 hours.
  • Biggest selling video game software: Super Mario Bros., 6,810,000 copies domestically.
  • The longest running television program: Kyō no Dekigoto ("Today's News"), Nippon Television, from 1954 to 2006.
  • The most-watched television program: Boxing Fly Weight World Match, Yoshio Shirai versus Pascual Perez, 1954, 96.1% according to Dentsu.
  • The highest-grossing film: Spirited Away, ¥30 billion.
  • Movie series with the most installments in the world: Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
  • Movies with the largest credited casts in the world: Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost, 4070 casts.

[edit] Others

Jōmonsugi, the oldest living being in Japan.
Jōmonsugi, the oldest living being in Japan.
Nintokuryō Tomb is the largest tomb in the world.
Nintokuryō Tomb is the largest tomb in the world.
  • The oldest living being: Jōmonsugi, the cryptomeria tree in Yakushima Island, Kagoshima, more than 3,000 years old.
  • The oldest hotel in the world: Hōshi, Komatsu, Ishikawa, opened in 718.
  • The largest tomb in the world: Nintokuryō Tomb, Sakai, Ōsaka, 46ha.
  • The tallest statue in the wolrd: Ushiku Daibutsu, Ushiku, Ibaraki, 120m.
  • The largest screen in the world: Turf Vision of Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchū, Tokyo, 11.2x66.4m, 743.68m2.
  • The shortest festival: Enrei-no-Onodachi Memorial Festival, Okaya, Nagano. It takes approx. 5 seconds to complete the festival.
  • The company with the longest history in the world: Kongō Gumi, from 578 till 2006.
  • The oldest political party still active: Japanese Communist Party, from 1922. The only surviving Japanese political party from the pre-war times.
  • The fastest battery electric vehicle in the world: Eliica, 370 km/h.
  • Best selling motorcycle in the world: Honda Super Cub, more then 50 million.
  • The shortest escalator in the world: The one in Okadaya More-s, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 5 seconds a ride. [1]
  • Theme park with the most visitors in the world: Tokyo Disneyland, Urayasu, Chiba.
  • Roller coaster with the longest track in the world: Steel Dragon 2000, Nagashima Spa Land, Kuwana, Mie.
  • Roller coaster with the most inversions in the world: Ējanaika, Fuji-Q Highland, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi.
  • The most expensive coin regulary used in the world: 500 yen coin.
  • The most complex character in the world: , read taito or otodo. [2]
  • Law with the longest name: 平成十三年九月十一日のアメリカ合衆国において発生したテロリストによる攻撃等に対応して行われる国際連合憲章の目的達成のための諸外国の活動に対して我が国が実施する措置及び関連する国際連合決議等に基づく人道的措置に関する特別措置法, roughly meaning "Special measures law concerning the measures which our nation will enforce for the activities that foreign nations take to accomplish the objective of the charter of the United Nations corresponding the attacks by terrorists occurred on September 11, Heisei 13, on the United States of America, as well as the humanitarian measures based on the related decisions of the United Nations and other factors". Usually called テロ対策特別措置法 (special anti-terrorism law).
  • The longest song: Ishizaka Masao Hitori Tabi-shite — Zenkoku Waga-machi Ondo ("Ishizaka Masao Travelling Alone — All Japan 'Our Towns' Ondo"), 3355 chorus in total.
  • The shortest Citizen's Charter: 和 (Wa, "Harmony"), Katano, Ōsaka.
  • The longest address: Ōaza Tobishimashinden Aza Takenogō Yotare Minaminowari, Tobishima Village, Ama District, Aichi Prefecture. (愛知県海部郡飛島村大字飛島新田字竹之郷ヨタレ南ノ割)
  • The shortest address: Ro 1, Asahi City, Chiba Prefecture. (千葉県旭市ロ1番地)
    • The shortest place name: O (績), Omi, Nagano.


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