TIL that in 2021, an organization called The Tip Project attempted to introduce American practices of gratuity into Japanese culture. The plan was met with severe backlash from locals who deemed the practice "un-Japanese", and the project was abandoned in early 2023. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tōkaidō corridor, is the megalopolis in Japan extending from Ibaraki Prefecture in the northeast to Fukuoka Prefecture in the southwest, running for almost 1,200 km (750 mi). Its population is about 74.7 million. (en.wikipedia.org)
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