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100
What tree is often used in Japan for meditation, feel peaceful and quiet?
Bonsai tree 
100
The bombing of which place in the Pacific Ocean forced the US into World War II?
Pearl Harbor
200
This form of poetry uses only 3 short lines of text.
Haiku.
200
Which franchise has earned more than the Mickey Mouse and Star Wars franchises combined?
Pokémon
200
Who is the feared Japanese crime group known for violence and traditional tattoos?
Yakusa
300
This traditional Japanese entertainer is trained in music, dance and conversation.
This elite military, nobity and warrior caste of feudal Japan.
Geishas and Samurai
300
This Japanese song hit Number 1 on the US Billboard Top 100, in 1963.
(The title of the song is also the name of a traditional Japanese dish.)
300
What year did the magnitude 9.0 (largest on record) earthquake occur in Japan?
Clue: Subsequently caused a powerful tsunami responsible for the 7-scale nuclear disaster at Fukushima nuclear plant (equivalent to Chernobyl).
March 2011.
400
The Japanese dish is made with noodles, vegetables, and sometimes meat. What Food is this?
Yakisoba
400
Shibuya city known for its large pedestrian walkway is featured in what car racing movie?
Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift
400
What was Sakoku?
The Isolation period between 1630 and 1868 when Japan closed the country.
