This List was compiled by crazygaijin you can check it out in full at his blog.

1. If a man asks a woman to go on a date she can not refuse him.

2. If an older brother asks to marry your girlfriend by law and honour you, and your girlfriend, must agree.

3. It is illegal to cook Fugu (Blow Fish) for more than 80 seconds. Fugu contains deadly poison in the organs. Despite of the risk, fugu dishes are considered special feasts in Japan.

4. The importing of photographs showing genitals is against the law.

5. Women are legally obliged to wear bra’s in buildings with air conditioning because men get too aroused looking at their hard nipples.

6. Hundreds of years ago in Japan anyone who attempted to leave the country was instantly executed.

7. Home brewing anything over 1% is illegal in Japan. The penalties involved are up to 5 years in prison and/or up to a 50 man yen (about $5000 USD) fine in addition to confiscation of your brewing equipment.

8. A few years back, a Chinese soap hit it big with consumers in Asia. It was claimed in ads that users would lose weight with Seaweed Defat Scented Soap simply by washing with it. The soap was sold in violation to the Japanese Pharmaceutical Affairs Law and was banned. Reportedly, the craze for the soap was so great that Japanese tourists from China and Hong Kong brought back large quantities. The product was also in violation of customs regulations. In June and July 1999 alone, over 10,000 bars were seized.

9. In the 1630s, a decree in Japan forbade the building of any large ocean-worthy ships to deter defection.

10. The Nationality Law says that a child born out of wedlock to a non-Japanese mother is only recognized as a citizen if the Japanese father admits paternity prior to the child’s birth or marries the mother before the child turns 20.

Some strange laws; but I am sure every country has many messed up laws as well that are no longer practiced but still in place;

In Saudi Arabia, a woman reportedly may divorce her husband if he does not keep her supplied with coffee.

Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.

Under the law of Mississippi, there’s no such thing as a female Peeping Tom.

Many more laws like this, it’s interesting to see many of these laws still in place after all this time.