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World Countries Quiz: Current events Japan trivia questions on Japanese royalty, politics, environment, and food. What’s the meaning of Arigato in Japanese? What happened in Fukushima? How many Japanese Emperors have ever opened the Olympic Games? And What’s another name for Wasabi? Take the 2022 quiz about Japan!
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Japan Trivia Quiz Questions
Here’s the complete list of trivia questions on our current trivia quiz about Japan.

Who is this graceful man?
Photo: James F. X. O'Gara / CC BY
Jiang Zemin, former leader of China
Shinzō Abe, former Prime Minister of Japan
Takeshi Kitano, Japanese TV personality
Jackie Chan, Hong Kong actor
What’s the meaning of Arigato in Japanese?
Screenshot: Tokyo 2020 on Eurosport.
Thank you.
Goodbye.
You’re welcome.
The art of paper-folding.
What happened in Fukushima?
A radioactive leak during a safety drill.
A tsunami hit a nuclear plant.
A nuclear bomb explosion.
A kamikaze attack.
Maki Kaji was the first to publish which game under its famous name?
Photo: S Pakhrin from DC, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Checkers.
Mahjong.
Sudoku.
Candy Crash.
Princess Mako is a royal of which country?
Screenshot: CBS News
Malaysia.
Cambodia.
Thailand.
Japan.
Which is the only G7 country that does NOT fully recognize same-sex marriage?
Photo: White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Italy.
Japan.
France.
Germany.
How many Japanese Emperors have ever opened the Olympic Games?
Photo: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Three.
Two.
One.
None.
What kind of spider is this?
Photo: 池田正樹 (talk)masaki ikeda, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pumpkin spider.
Jorō spider.
Cane spider.
Golden garden spider.
How old are the world’s oldest female twins?
Photo: Guinness World Records
101.
104.
107
110.
What's another name for Wasabi?
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Japanese horseradish.
Japanese radish.
Japanese ginger.
Okutama artichoke.
Why did Japan launch a nationwide campaign to boost (!) alcohol consumption?
Screenshot: sakebiba.jp
Because of its social contribution.
Because of its health benefits.
To increase births.
To increase tax revenues.