UNITS USED IN JAPAN

In Japan, people use Metric units, which is a little bit confusing for Americans...

UNITS OF LENGTH

1 meter (m)= 1.094 yards
1 centimeter (cm)= 0.3937 inch
1 millimeter (m)= 0.03937 inch
1 kilometer (m)= 0.6214 mile

UNITS OF WEIGHT

1 gram (g)= 0.035 ounce
1 milligram (mg)= 0.015 grain
1 kilogram (kg)= 2.205 pounds
1 tonne (t)= 0.984 ton

UNITS OF CAPACITY

1 liter (l)= 0.88 quart = 0.2642 gallon
1 cc= 1 milliliter (ml) = 0.00176 pint
1 kiloliter (kl)= 264.2 gallons

SQUARE MEASURE

1 square meter (m2)= 1.196 square yards
1 square centimeter (cm2)= 0.1550 square inch
1 hectare (ha)= 2.471 acres
1 square kilometer (km2)= 0.3861 square mile
1 tsubo= 35.58 square feet

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