Facts
What is the population of Japan?
125 million
what is the major crop of Japan?
Rice
What is the name of the Japanese snack food first sold in 1966 initially described as a "chocolate covered biscuit stick?" There are now additional flavored coatings such as almond, strawberry, milk, green tea, banana, and coconut.
Pocky
What does POKEMON stand for?
Pocket Monster
What is sashimi?
This is a meal of raw fish
This is the name of the Japanese form of currency (money)
yen
Which city has the largest population in the world?
Tokyo, Japan
This is a special kind of Japanese mustard
wasabi
The art of paper folding is known as what?
Origami
What Japanese reality show that made its stateside premiere on Netflix in 2022 follows toddlers as they go on solo errands?
Old Enough!
What is the national sport of Japan?
Sumo wrestling
What's the highest mountain in Japan which is also a volcano?
Mount Fuji
What is the four-letter word for the paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt which is commonly used in Japanese cooking? This term can also be used to describe a type of soup thickened with the paste.
Miso
Originally given the Japanese title “Puckman”, what 1980s arcade game was inducted into the Guinness Book of Records as the "Most Successful Coin-Operated Game" in 2005?
Pac-Man
What is the Japanese New Year celebration called?
Shogatsu
This is the ancient art of using a brush to paint alphabet characters.
calligraphy
What's the official residence of Japan's emperor
The Tokyo Imperial Palace
What Hershey wafer-and-chocolate product has been offered in more than 300 flavors in Japan, including adzuki (red bean), wasabi, matcha, and soy sauce?
KitKat
Also known as "lean manufacturing," just-in-time manufacturing is a hyperefficient process pioneered by what Japanese automaker in the 1960s?
Toyota
What is a Japanese soup noodle dish that originated from Chinese wheat noodle soup.
Ramen
This is the name of the ocean that surrounds Japan's islands.
Pacific Ocean
The second atomic bomb ever used in war-time was dropped on what city?
Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945, by the United States during World War II
Japanese-American businesswoman Frances Hashimoto combined two delicious desserts when she filled what Japanese sticky rice product with ice cream?
Mochi
What powerhouse Japanese consumer electronics company created franchises like "The Legend of Zelda" and characters like "Waluigi?"
Nintendo
What collection of ideograms was first created by Shigetaka Kurita for the use on Japanese mobile phones in 1999? This collection quickly ascended in popularity as they were included on more and more mobile operating systems.
Emoji