Geography
What is the Japanese name for 'Japan'?
What is a form of traditional Japanese drama with highly stylized song, mime, and dance, now performed only by male actors, using exaggerated gestures and body movements to express emotions?
What was Tokyo's name in ancient times?
Name five Japanese automobile producer.
Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Subaru, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Mazda, etc
What is the word for ‘death of overwork’ in Japanese?
Karoshi (過労死)
Which country is geographically closest to Japan?
What is the Japanese all-female musical theater troupe in which women play all roles in, Broadway-style productions of Western-style musicals?
What is the name of the earliest known culture existing on the island of Japan?
Jōmon （縄文）
Japan has the world’s busiest train station. What is the name of the train station?
Shinjuku-station (新宿駅)
Answer 5 Japanese words that are used in English.
Sake, Sushi, karaoke, emoji, anime, manga, tsunami, typhoon, etc
Which is the second most populated city in Japan?
What is a classic work of Japanese literature written by Murasaki Shikibu in the early years of the 11th century?
The Tale of Genji (源氏物語)
Which city was established in A.D.710 as the first capital of Japan?
At what age can Japanese people legally 1. Vote 2. Drink 3. Smoke 4. Drive?
1. Vote: 18
2. Drink: 20
3. Smoke: 20
4.Drive: 18
The English word for a dog’s barking sound is “bow-wow.” What is it in Japanese?
How many prefectures (states) are there in Japan?
Who is the writer/illustrator of the Japanese manga series 'Astro Boy'?
People from which European country were the first to reach Japan?
What is the average life expectancy of Japanese people?
What is the literal translation of ‘karaoke’? (Hint: it is a combination of two words in Japanese)
What are the major four islands in Japan?
Honsyu (本州), Hokkaido (北海道), Kyusyu (九州), Shikoku (四国)
What Japanese company owns the product 'Hello Kitty'?
What famous Jesuit priest soon followed the European traders to Japan, initiating the Christian missionary movement there? (Francis Xavier)
Francis Xavier
How many Prime Ministers have Japan had since 1990?
What do you think ディスる (dis-ru) mean?