Japanese people are definitely getting taller, along with the people of other countries around the world.
In the United States people are now commonly over 180 cm tall. But has anyone considered what will happen if this growth doesn't stop?
Old Japan has already been rendered fairly useless to young people who cannot fit into those tea houses or sit at traditional school desks or even Community Center tables.
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