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Japan is in our flag, outline, capital, map, trivia and numbers rounds, and 22 Explorer photos. The flag gets confused with Bangladesh. The outline gets confused with the Philippines.

8 quizzes·Capital Tokyo·22 places in Explorer

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Quick round · 8 questions

8 questions about Japan only, mixed from every pack it appears in. Scored on the spot.

Japan at a glance

Capital	Tokyo
Continent	Asia
Population	124 million
Area	378 thousand km²
In our quizzes	8 packs

Where it is

Japan on the map of Asia. In the Asia map quiz you tap it.

Places to find

22 in Explorer

Mount Fuji, Japan — **Mount Fuji**
Japan's highest peak, a near-symmetrical volcanic cone.
Photo: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Tokyo Tower, Japan — **Tokyo Tower**
A red-and-white lattice tower echoing the Eiffel Tower.
Photo: David Kernan / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Itsukushima Shrine, Japan — **Itsukushima Shrine**
A shrine whose great torii gate appears to float on the sea at high tide.
Photo: JordyMeow / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Kiyomizu-dera, Japan — **Kiyomizu-dera**
A hillside temple whose wooden stage juts out over the trees without a single nail.
Photo: Martin Falbisoner / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Hiroshima Peace Memorial, Japan — **Hiroshima Peace Memorial**
The skeletal dome left standing beneath the 1945 atomic blast.
Photo: Oilstreet / CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Kinkaku-ji Temple, Japan — **Kinkaku-ji Temple**
The Golden Pavilion, a Zen temple covered in gold leaf, mirrored in its pond.
Photo: Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Questions we ask

Question	Answer
Which country's capital is Tokyo?	Japan
Tokyo is one of the world's largest metropolitan areas. It is the capital of which country?	Japan
What currency does Japan use?	Yen
What is the population of Japan? (millions)	124 million
What is the area of Japan? (in thousand km²)	378 thousand km²

Did you know

Japan has over 6,800 islands and more vending machines per person than any other country — roughly one for every 23 people.

Himeji Castle. A white hilltop castle nicknamed the 'White Heron'.

Minamitorishima. Japan's easternmost point, a lonely coral island 1,800 km from Tokyo.

Mount Ontake. Japan's second highest volcano, a sacred mountain of pilgrims that erupted in 2014.

Naha. The capital of Okinawa, with the red-lacquered Shuri Castle of the Ryukyu kings.

Ginkaku-ji Temple. The Silver Pavilion, a Zen temple with a raked sand garden and moss grounds.

What people get wrong about Japan

The flag question offers Bangladesh, Palau and South Korea. Bangladesh is a red disc on green; Palau is a yellow disc on blue; South Korea has the red and blue taegeuk with black trigrams. A red disc on white is Japan. The outline is shown beside the Philippines, Indonesia and New Zealand, all of them island chains. Japan is the long arc bending from Hokkaido in the north-east to Kyushu in the south-west, with Okinawa trailing off below.

The capital is Tokyo, asked by name and again as one of the world's largest metropolitan areas. Trivia asks for the currency, the yen. In numbers we hold the population, 124 million, and the area, 378 thousand square kilometres. Explorer marks Mount Fuji, Tokyo Tower, Itsukushima Shrine and Kinkaku-ji easy. Ginkaku-ji, Tokyo Station, Arashiyama and Kegon Falls are marked hard. Minamitorishima is the one to remember: a coral island about 1,800 kilometres south-east of Tokyo, and the easternmost point of Japan.

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Questions and answers

What is the capital of Japan?

The capital of Japan is Tokyo.

Which continent is Japan in?

Japan is in Asia.

What is the population of Japan?

About 124 million.