Geography
This island nation in East Asia is made up of over 6,800 islands.
What is Japan?
Japan’s government is a constitutional monarchy led by a prime minister and this symbolic emperor.
Who is Naruhito?
This short national anthem of Japan means “His Imperial Majesty’s Reign.”
What is Kimigayo?
This war ended in 1945 after Japan surrendered to the Allies.
What is World War II?
In Japan, people must carefully separate their garbage into categories like burnable and recyclable.
What are strict recycling laws?
This huge and crowded city is Japan’s capital.
What is Tokyo?
This document created Japan’s modern democratic government in 1947.
What is the Constitution of Japan?
This traditional Japanese food made with rice and seafood is famous worldwide.
What is sushi?
These two Japanese cities were hit by atomic bombs in 1945.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
This famous transportation method allows millions of Japanese citizens to travel daily in large cities.
What is the train or subway system?
This famous mountain is Japan’s tallest and a national symbol.
What is Mount Fuji?
Japan’s parliament has this official name.
What is the National Diet of Japan?
This fast and extremely efficient Japanese train system can travel over 200 mph.
What is the Shinkansen (bullet train)?
Japan experienced rapid modernization during this period beginning in 1868.
What is the Meiji Restoration?
This court is the highest judicial authority in Japan.
What is the Supreme Court of Japan?
Japan lies in this large ocean between Asia and North America.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This position is the head of government and leads Japan’s executive branch.
What is the Prime Minister?
This springtime season in Japan is famous for beautiful pink cherry blossoms.
What is cherry blossom season?
For centuries, Japan limited contact with other countries during this isolation period.
What is the Edo period?
This unusual law encourages companies to measure employees’ waistlines to fight obesity.
What is the Metabo Law?
These four major islands make up most of Japan’s land area.
What are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku?
This leader of Japan took office as prime minister in 2024.
Who is Shigeru Ishiba?
These traditional Japanese fighters practiced martial arts and served feudal lords.
Who are samurai?
This powerful military leader controlled Japan before the modern government formed.
What is a shogun?
Leaving bicycles in the wrong place in Japan can cause them to be taken by this authority.
What is the city or local government?