Information and background for travelers and expatriates includes a brief history and description of Japan's capital city, along with facts about the food, language, culture, and pastimes to help the "shocked" function in society, business, and residence.
The world's second wealthiest country, Japan once seemed poised to overtake America. But its failure to recover from the economic collapse of the early 1990s was unprecedented, and today it confronts an array of disturbing social trends. Japan has the highest suicide rate and lo…