1) Which Japanese city used to be the country's capital before the capital moved to Tokyo?
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Kyoto
Osaka
Kamakura
Yokohama
2) What is 'Sakura'?
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A Japanese dress
Cherry blossoms
A board game
The ancient name of Japan
3) Which is the fourth largest Japanese island?
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Shikoku
Okinawa
Hokkaido
Kyushu
4) In which prefecture will the Olympic Winter Games 1998 be held?
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Chubu
Nagano
Gifu
Hokkaido
5) In which country live the most Japanese nationals who live abroad (USA excluded)?
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Canada
Australia
UK
Brazil
6) What is the meaning of the following Chinese character?
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Television
Telephone
Street
Car
7) What is 'Edo'?
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A temple in Kyoto
The Japanese Emperor
The old name of Tokyo
A part of Fukuoka city
8) What is 'Enka'?
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A music style
Native inhabitants of Northern Japan
The stage in a Kabuki theatre
A form of Japanese poetry
9) 'LOVE LOVE LOVE' is which music group's song?
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Hitomi
trf
Dreams come true
X-Japan
10) Which Shinkansen line was inaugurated on October 1, 1997?
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Akita Shinkansen
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Tokaido Shinkansen
Joetsu Shinkansen
11) Half of all the Non-Japanese residents of Japan come from which country?
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China
Korea
USA
Brasil
12) Which is the Japanese company with the highest income?
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Nissan
Sony
Fuji Photo Film
Toyota
13) What is the meaning of the following Chinese character?
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Fire
To enter
Human
Tent
14) Who founded the Muromachi Government?
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Ashikaga Takauji
Taira Kiyomori
Oda Nobunaga
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
15) Where is the Chugoku region located?
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On Hokkaido
In western Honshu
In norhern Honshu
On Kyushu
16) What is 'Yakyu'?
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Soccer
Baseball
Basketball
Bowling
17) Who won the Sumo Aki Basho in Tokyo 1997?
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Takanohana
Wakanohana
Akebono
Musashimaru
18) In which century was Buddhism introduced to Japan ?
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5th century
6th century
7th century
8th century
19) What is the name of the first great collection of Japanese poems?
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Manyoshu
The Pillow Book
Ise Monogatari
The Tale of Genji
20) In which year did Tokugawa Ieyasu destroy Osaka castle and the Toyotomi family?
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1600
1603
1615
1638