Top 10 Things Japan Is Known For

The Top Ten
1 Anime

It is my heart and soul. I love it a lot than any thing in this world.
Some of them are naruto, death note, one punch man

I used to love this, so simple but memorable at the same time.

Of course. One of the most popular types of cartoons

A very polarizing subject on this site

2 Technology

Japan leads in many Technology fields such as Aeronautics, Nuclear power, Electronics, Biomedical Research & Robotics among many others.

This country is ahead of the world

3 Nintendo Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and software company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

Nintendo was founded in 1889 as Nintendo Karuta by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards. After venturing into various lines of business during the 1960s and acquiring a legal status as a public company, Nintendo distributed its first console, the Color TV-Game, in 1977. It gained international recognition with the release of Donkey Kong in 1981 and the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Mario Bros. in 1985. ...read more.

Nintendo is the Jesus of the gaming company. They saved the Video game crash back in 1983 with the NES, Nintendo defeated Sega after Sega stopped making games in 2001, their DS's sold a bunch even though they thought the DS wouldn't sell well, and they saved themselves and made the Nintendo Switch after the Wii U failed.

Super Nintendo World (Theme Park) Opens In 2020 In Osaka!

Japan basically created our childhood...

The company that created Mario

4 Sushi

I'm sure all of you have tried this at some point. If not, please do

I'm not used to rice yet, but if I am, I'll try this!

5 Tokyo Tokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis, one of the 47 prefectures of Japan, has served as the Japanese capital since 1869. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central Pacific coast of Japan's main island of Honshu. Tokyo is the political and economic center of the country, as well as the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the national government. As of 2021, the prefecture has an estimated population of 13,960,236.

Biggest city ever

Capital city

6 Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombing

That's all their good for

Mushroom cloud

7 Dragon Ball Dragon Ball is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. It made anime popular in America and is based on the manga of the same name by Akira Toriyama. It was dubbed in English on Cartoon Networks Toonami block and still has many fans today.
8 Godzilla Godzilla is a giant monster originating from a series of tokusatsu films of the same name from Japan.

This fictional character actually originated from a series of Japanese films of the same name.

Greatest Movie Franchise Ever. 35 films and counting

I love godzilla

9 Playstation

May as well put Sony on here

10 Toyota Toyota is a Japanese car manufacturer, located in Toyota, Japan. Some of their most notable cars include the Prius, Corolla, and Highlander.

Best car company of all time

The Contenders
11 Pokemon Pokémon, abbreviated from the Japanese title of Pocket Monsters and currently advertised in English as Pokémon: The Series, is a Japanese anime television series, which has been adapted for the international television markets. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 1, 1997, in the United States on September 8, 1998.

Mario is more known but yeah Pokemon is second place when it comes to most known video game franchises of this country

Detective Pikachu looks like a film I would like to see. Never played the game before.

12 Porn
13 Samurai

Japanese warriors

14 Sumo Wrestling

Awesome sport to watch

Combat sport

15 Hideki Tojo Hideki Tōjō was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, the leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, and the 27th Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II, from October 17, 1941, to July 22, 1944. As Prime Minister, he was responsible for ordering the attack on Pearl Harbor, which initiated war between Japan and the United States, although planning for it had begun in April 1941 before he entered office. ...read more.
16 Mount Fuji (Japan)

An active volcano located a few miles south-west of the capital city "Tokyo".

17 Honda Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, and power equipment.
18 Hirohito Emperor Hirohito was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 25 December 1926, until his death on 7 January 1989. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Akihito. In Japan, he is now referred to primarily by his posthumous name, Emperor Shōwa.
19 Isoroku Yamamoto
20 Ramen Noodle Soup

Again, I'm sure all of you have tried this at some point. If not, please do

I love ramen noodles.

21 Mitsubishi The Mitsubishi Group is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries.
22 Geisha
23 Japanese Commercials

Typical Japanese Commercial:! Hey! Get new men lipstick only I no even know how much it is so you will have to go to local store, bye!

The Simpsons parodied these with Mr. Sparkle, by making it as weird as possible, yet the comment sections still say Japanese commercials are weirder than the Mr. Sparkle ad.

Does anyone know about that scary car tire commercial?

If anyone's wondering, I added that picture

24 Noodles

Isn't that chinese?

25 Pearl Harbor
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