| Clue | Answer | % Correct | |
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| F | Japan's tallest and most well-known mountain | 富士山(Mt. Fuji) | 100%
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| N | The Japanese name for Japan | 日本(Nippon/Nihon) | 83%
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| S | A form of wrestling originating in Japan | 相撲(Sumō) | 82%
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| O | The Japanese art of paper folding | 折り紙(Origami) | 80%
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| E | Previous name of Tōkyō | 江戸(Edo) | 73%
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| O | Japan's second-largest city | 大阪市(Ōsaka) | 73%
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| N | Video game company founded in 1889 as a manufacturer of hanafuda playing cards | 任天堂(Nintendō) | 70%
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| A | Tōkyō's "Electric Town", known for electronics and otaku goods | 秋葉原(Akihabara) | 65%
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| N | Capital city of Aichi Prefecture and Japan's third-most-populous urban area | 名古屋市(Nagoya) | 59%
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| O | Rice ball traditionally filled with umeboshi and wrapped with nori | お握り(Onigiri) | 55%
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| C | Camera company which created "The Kwanon," Japan’s first 35 mm focal-plane-shutter camera | キヤノン(Canon) | 54%
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| R | A masterless samurai | 浪人(Rōnin) | 51%
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| O | Southernmost prefecture of Japan which comprises 2/3 of the Ryūkyū Islands chain | 沖縄県(Okinawa) | 49%
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| L | Toyota's luxury vehicle division and Japan's largest-selling make of premium cars | レックス(Lexus) | 45%
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| D | Long-running manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio about a time-travelling robotic cat | ドラえもん(Doraemon) | 43%
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| O | A large type of yōkai, often depicted with horns and red or blue skin | 鬼(Oni) | 40%
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| A | Former Japanese Emperor and current Emperor Emiritus who abdicated on 30 April 2019 | 明仁(Akihito) | 39%
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| L | Japan's third-largest convenience store chain; originally founded in Ohio in 1939 | ローソン(Lawson) | 37%
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| G | District of Tōkyō famous for department stores and luxury boutiques | 銀座(Ginza) | 34%
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| H | Ukiyo-e artist who created The Great Wave off Kanagawa | 北斎(Hokusai) | 34%
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| K | The spirits or phenomena worshipped in Shintō | 神(Kami) | 34%
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| N | Camera company founded in 1917 as Nippon Kōgaku K.K. | ニコン(Nikon) | 34%
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| R | Traditional type of Japanese inn which has existed since the 8th century C.E. | 旅館(Ryokan) | 34%
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| A | Sun goddess and purported ancestor of the Japanese Imperial Family | 天照(Amaterasu) | 33%
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| E | The Japanese god of fishermen and luck; also the name of a Japanese brand of beer | 恵比須(Ebisu) | 33%
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| T | "The father of manga" who published Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion | 手塚治虫(Tezuka Osamu) | 32%
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| T | Famous historic fishmarket in Tōkyō, recently replaced by Toyosu Market | 築地市場(Tsukiji Market) | 29%
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| G | A district of Kyōto famous for geiko | 祇園(Gion) | 28%
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| I | The Japanese god of rice and fertility, highly associated with foxes | 稲荷(Inari) | 26%
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| W | The oldest recorded name of Japan; means "harmony" | 和(Wa) | 24%
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| A | Japanese doomsday cult responsible for the 1995 Tōkyō subway sarin attack | オウム真理教(Aum Shinrikyō) | 23%
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| E | A popular Japanese music genre often utilizing traditional instruments and focusing on sentimental ballads | 演歌(Enka) | 23%
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| T | Succeeded Oda Nobunaga and united Japan, bringing an end to the Warring States Period | 豊臣秀吉(Toyotomi Hideyoshi) | 23%
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| W | Aesthetics centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection | 侘寂(Wabi-sabi) | 22%
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| E | Author of the "Boys Detective Club" series of novels who helped create the genre of Japanese mystery fiction | 江戸川乱歩(Edogawa Ranpo) | 15%
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| E | An ancient ethnic group of people who lived in parts of Honshū, often thought to be descended from the Jōmon people | 蝦夷(Emishi) | 6%
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| A frog in a well does not know the great ocean | 4%
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