https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger Chapter 31: Japan's overpopulation en-us 2016-04-15 14:39:51 UTC 2026-03-16 13:35:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/earth.jpg 20klingert https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/106039758 Imagine being in a country that is over ten times more densely populated than the US. That is what it is like to live in Japan. They make use of this population though. They do things such as make platforms on hills for more space, to making the fastest trains in the world to help with their high energy rush hour. ]]> 2016-04-15 15:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/106039758 20klingert https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/106336940 Due to the extreme population of Japan, people live in extremely small living spaces. The average size home in Tokyo Japan is 750 square feet while in the US, it is around 2,000 square feet. Although that is the average, there are even more petite houses.

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Below is an example of someone's house that they live in.]]> 2016-04-18 15:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/106336940 20klingert https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/106573460 With their insane population, their rush hour is just a little lengthy. The average commute time in Tokyo is an hour and a half each day. They even have people with jobs and all they do is wear gloves and push people into public transportation to make sure everyone fits. To help with all the time this all takes, the Japanese have invented the fastest trains ever called bullet trains for quicker transportation.]]> 2016-04-19 15:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/106573460 20klingert https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/106575074 Bullet trains can go up to 180 mph. That's three times faster the speed of the average highway car! ]]> 2016-04-19 15:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/106575074 20klingert https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/106576997 Land use can lead to some conflicts in Japan. Everyone needs room to live and if you try to take that away, they will fight for it. To make the most out of land use, the Japanese have been making buildings taller and taller. The trouble with this is that it is a very active earthquake zone. Another safer way to do things is building underground too. Also they make their own land by filling wetlands in with dirt and such. They cut into hills and such to make flat platforms called terraces for farming their most important crop: Rice.]]> 2016-04-19 15:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/106576997 20klingert https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/106807334 Although their is lots of complaints about needing more space, more than half of their country is forestry.]]> 2016-04-20 15:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/106807334 20klingert https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/107033240 With all their population they need lots of crops and places to live. Unfortunately, only about an eighth is arable land to live and plant crops on. The rest has mountains and hills everywhere making life difficult. They make due though by building into mountains and using the absolute most of the land they have. However, it is very dangerous to build high buildings due to an active earthquake zone.

Mount Fuji, Japan]]> 2016-04-21 15:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/107033240 20klingert https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/107039217 There are over 20 total mountains in Japan.]]> 2016-04-21 15:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/107039217 20klingert https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/107264545 When you have this many people in one place, each person creating 2 to 3 pounds of trash every day, it leads to rats, flies, and disease. Not only this but also sewage, pollution and more. They have lots of acid rain and the pollution is so bad, most people wear masks to help with it. When you have an illness in a place like this, it spreads like wild fire. Think of how many things you touch every day. Now multiply that by 12 million. If one person gets sick and goes on the subway the disease is probably spread to 50 people. ]]> 2016-04-22 15:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/107264545 20klingert https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/107266121 Due to lots of exports, lots of waste is dumped into the oceans.]]> 2016-04-22 15:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/107266121 20hansenz https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/107415924 I was surprised that people live in such small spaces with such an advanced country.  I learned that they have bullet trains.  I wonder how fast bullet trains can go.]]> 2016-04-24 19:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/107415924 20zellerc https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/107420561 I was surprised at how much more dense the population is here than the U.S.

I learned that they live in very small houses because of the high density.

I wonder, as Japan's population keeps growing, if their houses will get smaller and smaller.]]> 2016-04-24 20:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/107420561 20harmdierksw https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/107429366 I was surprised that they would create terraces in the hillside for farming.

I learned that some people get paid to push other people onto trains which is just weird.

I wonder what the japanese think when they come to America and see how "large" we live.]]> 2016-04-25 00:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/20klingert/tommyklinger/wish/107429366