Statistics for Japan Decoder

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	Clue	Answer	% Correct
F	Japan's tallest and most well-known mountain	富士山（Mt. Fuji）	100%
N	The Japanese name for Japan	日本（Nippon/Nihon）	86%
O	The Japanese art of paper folding	折り紙（Origami）	86%
S	A form of wrestling originating in Japan	相撲（Sumō）	84%
O	Japan's second-largest city	大阪市（Ōsaka）	77%
E	Previous name of Tōkyō	江戸（Edo）	74%
N	Video game company founded in 1889 as a manufacturer of hanafuda playing cards	任天堂（Nintendō）	70%
A	Tōkyō's "Electric Town", known for electronics and otaku goods	秋葉原（Akihabara)	67%
N	Capital city of Aichi Prefecture and Japan's third-most-populous urban area	名古屋市（Nagoya）	60%
C	Camera company which created "The Kwanon," Japan’s first 35 mm focal-plane-shutter camera	キヤノン（Canon）	56%
O	Southernmost prefecture of Japan which comprises 2/3 of the Ryūkyū Islands chain	沖縄県（Okinawa）	56%
O	Rice ball traditionally filled with umeboshi and wrapped with nori	お握り（Onigiri）	53%
R	A masterless samurai	浪人（Rōnin）	51%
D	Long-running manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio about a time-travelling robotic cat	ドラえもん（Doraemon)	47%
N	Camera company founded in 1917 as Nippon Kōgaku K.K.	ニコン（Nikon）	47%
O	A large type of yōkai, often depicted with horns and red or blue skin	鬼（Oni）	44%
A	Former Japanese Emperor and current Emperor Emiritus who abdicated on 30 April 2019	明仁（Akihito）	42%
E	The Japanese god of fishermen and luck; also the name of a Japanese brand of beer	恵比須（Ebisu）	42%
L	Japan's third-largest convenience store chain; originally founded in Ohio in 1939	ローソン（Lawson）	42%
G	District of Tōkyō famous for department stores and luxury boutiques	銀座（Ginza）	40%
K	The spirits or phenomena worshipped in Shintō	神（Kami）	40%
L	Toyota's luxury vehicle division and Japan's largest-selling make of premium cars	レックス（Lexus）	40%
A	Sun goddess and purported ancestor of the Japanese Imperial Family	天照（Amaterasu）	37%
T	"The father of manga" who published Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion	手塚治虫（Tezuka Osamu）	35%
I	The Japanese god of rice and fertility, highly associated with foxes	稲荷（Inari）	33%
R	Traditional type of Japanese inn which has existed since the 8th century C.E.	旅館（Ryokan）	33%
T	Famous historic fishmarket in Tōkyō, recently replaced by Toyosu Market	築地市場（Tsukiji Market）	33%
H	Ukiyo-e artist who created The Great Wave off Kanagawa	北斎（Hokusai）	30%
G	A district of Kyōto famous for geiko	祇園（Gion）	28%
T	Succeeded Oda Nobunaga and united Japan, bringing an end to the Warring States Period	豊臣秀吉（Toyotomi Hideyoshi）	26%
A	Japanese doomsday cult responsible for the 1995 Tōkyō subway sarin attack	オウム真理教（Aum Shinrikyō）	23%
W	The oldest recorded name of Japan; means "harmony"	和（Wa）	21%
E	A popular Japanese music genre often utilizing traditional instruments and focusing on sentimental ballads	演歌（Enka）	19%
W	Aesthetics centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection	侘寂（Wabi-sabi）	19%
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）	9%
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）	7%
		A frog in a well does not know the great ocean	5%