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Survey finds Japan’s most satisfying restaurants for 2021

• Master Blaster
  Aug 13, 2021
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It’s not so lonely at the top of this ranking.

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• Japan
• (food • Gyoza No Ohsho • Japan Customer Satisfaction Index • JCIS • Komeda Coffee • Mos Burger • ranking • restaurants • Saizeriya • satisfaction • Starbucks)

Japanese anime fans weigh in on which Shonen Jump anime are the most entertaining

• Dale Roll
  Aug 7, 2021

Did your favorite Weekly Shonen Jump anime make the list?

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• Japan
• (anime • manga • otaku • ranking • shonen • Shonen Jump • Weekly Shonen Jump)

You put WHAT in your curry? Japanese netizens reveal their favourite secret ingredients

• Katie Pask
  Jul 30, 2021

“Don’t knock it till you try it” comes to mind for some of these!

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• Japan
• (chocolate • coffee • COK • cooking • curry • food • garlic • Japanese curry • Japanese food • ranking • survey)

The 10 best places for young, single people to live in and around Tokyo【Survey】

• Dale Roll
  Jul 16, 2021

The city–and the others that made the list–was picked for its convenience, style, and location!

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• Japan
• (best places to live • COK • Kichijoji • ranking • Shibuya • shinjuku • society • survey • Tokyo • Yokohama)

Net users choose the top ten anime characters whose early deaths left a big impression

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 29, 2021

Warning: Spoilers abound in these rankings, but we’ll give a tip that the top five picks are from anime series that aired no later than 2010.

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• Japan
• (anime • characters • COK • deaths • manga • ranking • survey)

Grab the tissues: Preteens and teens pick the anime that makes them cry the most

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 21, 2021

Japanese youth between the ages of 10-19 shed light on which series make them shed the most tears.

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• Japan
• (A Silent Voice • anime • cry • Demon Slayer • poll • ranking • Simeji • your name.)

Poll asks Japanese fans to name their favorite depressing anime

• Katy Kelly
  Jun 3, 2021

Get out the tissues, because these anime offerings won’t leave a dry eye in the house.

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• Japan
• (anime • Anime Anime • depressing • emotional • opinion • poll • ranking • tearjerkers • Top 5)

Here’s what Japanese netizens think of the U.S.’s top 20 most-picked karaoke songs

• Dale Roll
  May 12, 2021

How do America’s karaoke selections compare to Japan’s?

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• Japan, USA
• (Disney • Disney music • karaoke • music • musicals • pop music • ranking • singing)

The results are in! One Piece World Top 100 characters chosen in global poll

• Master Blaster
  May 5, 2021

The world has spoken and the best pirates were chosen.

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• Global, Internet, Japan
• (anime • characters • Eiichiro Oda • manga • One Piece • ranking • Shueisha • video • Weekly Shonen Jump • World Top 100)

The top 10 universities in Japan determined by 2021 World University Rankings

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 21, 2021

Top ten universities in the overall ranking are situated in nine different Japanese prefectures. 

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• Japan
• (COK • colleges • education • ranking • schools • Times Higher Education • universities • World University Rankings)

What are the ten most popular Japanese sake brands? New poll reveals the favorites of sake lovers

• Ingrid Tsai
  Apr 5, 2021

Out of hundreds of different sake brands, which ones came out on top? 

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• Japan
• (alcohol • Dassai • drinks • Gekkeikan • Japanese rice wine • nihonshu • ranking • sake • survey)

Which prefecture has the most chilled young people? Survey asks 20 year olds “what are you worried about?”

• Katie Pask
  Feb 25, 2021

How do you say ‘Hakuna Matata’ in Japanese? Maybe people from these prefectures can tell you!

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• Japan
• (COK • Fukuoka • ranking • society • stress • survey • Tochigi • worries • Yamaguchi)

Japan’s favorite Pokémon types by prefecture–which types are the most popular?

• Dale Roll
  Jan 7, 2021

You might guess the most popular Pokémon type in the country, but each prefecture might surprise you!

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• Japan
• (anime • Chubu • Chugoku • Hokkaido • Japan • Kansai • Kanto • Kyushu • Okinawa • Pokemon • popular • prefectures • ranking • Shikoku • survey • Tohoku)

Top 100 manga of all time chosen by survey of 150,000 Japanese people

• Master Blaster
  Jan 4, 2021

Which of the thousands of titles came out on top?

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• Japan
• (Demon Slayer • Detective Conan • Dragon Ball • election • manga • Manga General Election • One Piece • ranking • Slam Dunk • TV Asahi)

2020’s most popular hot springs in Japan, as ranked by Japanese travelers

• Dale Roll
  Dec 16, 2020

Add these to your Japan travel bucket list!

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• Japan
• (COK • hot springs • Jalan • Japan travel • onsen • ranking • travel)

Sailor Moon fails to take the top spot in Japan’s giant Sailor Moon anime popularity poll

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 9, 2020

Ordinary-schoolgirl Usagi Tsukino is far less loved than her Sailor Senshi form, but even the celestial star of the show gets outvoted.

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• Japan
• (anime • manga • NHK • popularity poll • ranking • Sailor Moon • sailor uranus • survey)

Top 10 Japanese baby names of 2020 revealed

• Katie Pask
  Dec 1, 2020

If you’re looking for inspiration for your little bundle of joy, maybe this will give you some ideas.

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• Japan
• (baby names • Japanese names • name • name ranking • names • ranking • study • survey)

Fashion magazine Egg’s 2020 Japanese Buzzword Awards are here to bring out your inner teen

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 29, 2020

The number one pick is derived from the lyrics of a song that’s sung in neither Japanese nor English. 

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• Internet, Japan
• (2020 Buzzword Awards • buzzwords • Egg magazine • fashion • Gyaru • language • ranking • slang • trendy)

Tokyo is the best city in the world to live in, study says

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 16, 2020

Japan’s capital gets a boost in this year’s global rankings for a very 2020 reason.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • Living in Japan • ranking • society • Tokyo)

Kandaba, moui, and sakuna: We have fun taste-testing Okinawan fruits and vegetables

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 14, 2020

Our reporter samples 11 types of produce unfamiliar to her in order to crown the overall victors and losers of the island diet.

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• Japan
• (cooking • food • fruit • Itoman • market • Okinawa • produce • ranking • taste test • vegetables)

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