Question | Answer | % Correct |
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What active volcano is the tallest mountain in Japan? | Mount Fuji | 99%
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What temple city's name literally means "capital city" in Japanese and was so until 1868? | Kyoto | 95%
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What is the former name of Tokyo? | Edo | 82%
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What polytheistic Japanese religion revolves around the kami (gods or spirits)? | Shintoism | 79%
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What is the birth country of the greatest number of foreign-born Japanese residents? | China | 78%
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What city in most famous for its wagyu beef? | Kobe | 78%
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What prefecture is sometimes known to be the "Hawaii of Japan"? | Okinawa | 77%
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What is the most populous city on the island of Hokkaido? | Sapporo | 73%
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In which Japanese prefecture did the 2011 nuclear accident occur? | Fukushima | 68%
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What is the second most populous city inside the Greater Tokyo Area? | Yokohama | 67%
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On what Japanese island did U.S. Marines famously raise a flag during WWII? | Iwo Jima | 59%
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On what island are the cities of Matsuyama, Kochi and Takamatsu located? | Shikoku | 57%
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What sea is located west of that prefecture? | East China Sea | 54%
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What is the most populous region of Japan and shares its name with the first Pokemon region? | Kantō | 50%
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What is the most populous Japanese city that is near the Korean peninsula? | Fukuoka | 44%
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What Tokyo landmark, completed in 2011, is the second tallest structure in the world? | Tokyo {Skytree} | 41%
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What group of islands does Japan have disputed over with Russia? | {Kuril} Islands | 35%
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What major metropolitan area, starting with letter N, faces the island of Sado? | Niigata | 27%
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What is the largest lake in Japan? | Lake {Biwa} | 22%
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What term is given to the ethnic group to which 98.5% of Japanese residents belong? | Yamato | 22%
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