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Question	Answer	% Correct
What active volcano is the tallest mountain in Japan?	Mount Fuji	98%
What temple city's name literally means "capital city" in Japanese and was so until 1868?	Kyoto	95%
What is the former name of Tokyo?	Edo	83%
What city in most famous for its wagyu beef?	Kobe	79%
What polytheistic Japanese religion revolves around the kami (gods or spirits)?	Shintoism	79%
What is the birth country of the greatest number of foreign-born Japanese residents?	China	78%
What prefecture is sometimes known to be the "Hawaii of Japan"?	Okinawa	75%
What is the most populous city on the island of Hokkaido?	Sapporo	72%
In which Japanese prefecture did the 2011 nuclear accident occur?	Fukushima	67%
What is the second most populous city inside the Greater Tokyo Area?	Yokohama	67%
On what Japanese island did U.S. Marines famously raise a flag during WWII?	Iwo Jima	59%
On what island are the cities of Matsuyama, Kochi and Takamatsu located?	Shikoku	57%
What sea is located west of that prefecture?	East China Sea	54%
What is the most populous region of Japan and shares its name with the first Pokemon region?	Kantō	47%
What is the most populous Japanese city that is near the Korean peninsula?	Fukuoka	43%
What Tokyo landmark, completed in 2011, is the second tallest structure in the world?	Tokyo {Skytree}	39%
What group of islands does Japan have disputed over with Russia?	{Kuril} Islands	33%
What major metropolitan area, starting with letter N, faces the island of Sado?	Niigata	27%
What is the largest lake in Japan?	Lake {Biwa}	21%
What term is given to the ethnic group to which 98.5% of Japanese residents belong?	Yamato	21%