Greek-owned fleet largest in the world, Japanese come 2nd
published: Nov 26, 2005
The Greek-owned merchant navy was the largest in the world in both the number of ships and total capacity at the beginning of 2005, according to the latest report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), "Review of Maritime Transport 2005."
Greek-owned vessels numbered 2,984 - of which only 739 flew the country's flag - accounting for 18.48 percent of global capacity. The Japanese-owned fleet was the second largest, numbering 2,945 vessels and representing 14.01 percent of global capacity, while Germany's was third with 2,615 ships and 6.9 percent of total capacity.

Greeks among the most religious, Japanese among the least religious in the world
published: Nov 16, 2005
Greece is the country in Western Europe with the most religious people (86%) and the eighth most devout in the world, according to a new Voice of the People survey of more than 50,000 interviews in 68 countries, released by Gallup International for International Day for Tolerance, November 16th.
The least religious were in Hong Kong and Japan , where only 14 percent and 17 percent respectively claimed to be religious.
Also, Japan and Thailand have the highest figures for the self-declared non-religious ( 59% and 65%respectively).

Japanese the world's least sexually active and Greeks the most active
published: Nov 9, 2005
Japanese have the world's least active sex life, making love on average just 45 times a year, a decline over 2004, according to a survey by condom manufacturer Durex showed.
Japanese couples had barely more than one-third of the sex sessions partaken by the Greeks, whose average 138 couplings a year made them the world's most amorous.
The average number of sex sessions across the world was 103 per year.
Japan failed even to match its last place position in the 2004 Durex survey, when the nation's couples notched up an average of 46 sex sessions in 12 months.
Durex conducted the annual survey via an Internet poll, eliciting responses from 310,000 people located in 41 countries. (Mainichi)

Prices and Earnings in Greece and Japan
published: Mar 3, 2005
According to survey of Swiss bank UBS (released Feb. 28, 2005), Tokyo is the 3rd most expensive city in the world and Athens the 21st, excluding the cost of rents. Including the rents, Tokyo takes the 4th position and Athens the 25th.
About the wages comparisons, the gross earnings of Tokyo people are the 17th highest in the world and those of the Athenians takes the 32 position.
Athenians need to work 19 minutes to buy 1kg of rice and Tokyo people 17 minutes. For 1kg of bread, Athenians need to work 12 minutes and Tokyo people 20 minutes.