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Kyoto voted as the Best Big City in the world by international travelers, beating out Tokyo

• Dale Roll
  Oct 14, 2020
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Condé Nast Traveler readers think Kyoto is the best city for travel.

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• Japan
• (Japan sightseeing • Japanese cities • Kansai • Kyoto • ranking • travel • world cities • world ranking)

New survey ranks top ten fan favorites among over 50 Kyoto Animation productions

• Ingrid Tsai
  Sep 28, 2020

Did your personal favorite make it into the top ten?

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• Japan
• (anime • Hyouka • K-On! • KyoAni • Kyoto Animation • Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya • ranking • Sound! Euphonium • survey • Violet Evergarden)

Japanese survey takers go back to school to vote on their favorite school lunch menu items

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 19, 2020

We’ve outlined the top five elementary school lunch menu items that reigned supreme in the people’s collective memory. 

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• Japan
• (agepan • curry rice • favorite • food • Kyushoku • ranking • school lunch • survey)

Seiji holds the Grand Prix of Marumiya Furikake【Taste Test】

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 15, 2020

Which flavors were crowned the Elite Four out of 16 total entries? 

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• Japan
• (food • furikake • ingredients • Marumiya • ranking • rice • taste test)

Which convenience store has the best kakuni Japanese braised pork? We find out【Taste test】

• Katie Pask
  Aug 27, 2020

This taste test was nothing short of a porky paradise.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • braised pork • COK • comparison • conveneinece stores • Family mart • food • kakuni • Lawson • pork • ranking • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test)

Online survey sheds light on prefectural personality rankings of Japanese people

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 14, 2020

Ranking reveals Japanese impressions of which prefectures seem to boast residents with the best personalities.

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• Japan
• (COK • Hokkaido • Okinawa • Personality • prefectures • ranking • society • survey)

The top 10 (plus one) Shonen Jump manga protagonists, as decided by Japanese netizens

• Katy Kelly
  Jul 19, 2020

Believe it or not, Naruto didn’t make the top cut.

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• Japan
• (anime • Death Note • Dr. Slump • Dragon Ball • Fist of the North Star • Kochikame • manga • One Piece • ranking • Shonen Jump • survey • top 10)

Our male otaku reporter reveals his top 3 best buddy characters in Japanese dating sim games

• Katy Kelly
  May 25, 2020

Who’s the most relatable character in a dating sim? Why, your male best friend, of course!

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• Japan
• (Clannad • dating sims • friendship • Little Busters! • male bonding • ranking • Seiji Nakazawa • Sharin no Kuni)

Who is Final Fantasy VII Remake’s best female character? Japanese fans vote【Survey】

• Casey Baseel
  May 19, 2020

The top 10 heroines from Cloud’s days in Midgar.

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• Japan
• (Aerith • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII remake • ranking • Square Enix • Tifa • video games)

Online poll ranks Japanese netizens’ favorite series from anime powerhouse studio Kyoto Animation

• Katy Kelly
  May 7, 2020

Kyoto Animation has a library of celebrated classics: which one came out on top?

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• Japan
• (anime • Free! anime • K-On! • KyoAni • Kyoto Animation • ranking • Sound! Euphonium • survey • Violet Evergarden)

Japanese fans pick their top 10 fave dastardly anime protagonists in online poll

• Katy Kelly
  Apr 23, 2020

Japan’s netizens club together to crown fictional stars who are flies in your soup, pebbles in your shoes, peas beneath your bed, or just plain evil!

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• Japan
• (A Certain Magical Index • anime • Death Note • lupin III • Mobile Suit Gundam • overlord • protagonists • ranking • survey • Top Ten)

Where’d the time go?! Top anime series that finished ten years ago, ranked by Japanese netizens

• Katy Kelly
  Apr 5, 2020

Seriously, it’s been a long, long time since these series aired, and now we feel really old.

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• Japan
• (2010 • Animal Detective Kiruminzoo • anime • Fullmetal Alchemist • Hidamari Sketch • Inuyasha • K-On! • nerdy • nostalgia • ranking)

Where are all the beautiful women in Japan? Survey investigates

• Oona McGee
  Mar 26, 2020

Top 10 results suggest you’ll have to travel outside of Tokyo to find the most beauties. 

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • COK • cute • Hokkaido • Kanagawa • Kawaii • Kyoto • Osaka • ranking • survey • Tokyo)

Survey ranks Tokyo as the most desirable Japanese prefecture to live in, bumping Kanagawa to #2

• Dale Roll
  Mar 21, 2020

Top 10 results reveal the special places around Japan that people most want to live in.

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• Japan
• (47 prefectures • Hokkaido • Kanagawa • Kyoto • Living in Japan • Osaka • places in Japan • ranking • Tokyo)

Arashi’s greatest hits named world’s best-selling album of 2019

• Master Blaster
  Mar 20, 2020

The veteran boy band becomes first Japanese artists to achieve such a ranking.

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• Japan
• (5x20 All the Best!! • album sales • arashi • IFPI • J-Pop • Johnny & Associates • music • ranking)

Meow’s this? 2020’s ranking of the top cat names and breeds in Japan

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 3, 2020

The most popular cat breed in Japan has clinched the title for the twelfth consecutive year. 

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• Japan
• (Anicom • breed • cat • Cat Day • names • ranking)

British newspaper ranks the best Studio Ghibli films and reader passions flare

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 4, 2020

Any ranking is bound to leave someone displeased, but this particular one has more than a few people balking at the selection for last place. 

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• Europe, Internet, Japan
• (anime • film • ranking • Studio Ghibli • The Guardian)

Data shows Fukui Prefecture may be the best place to live in Japan, but survey results differ

• Dale Roll
  Jan 31, 2020

A non-profit study sought to determine the best Japanese prefecture to live in, but found interesting discrepancies.

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• Japan
• (best places to live • Fukui • fukui prefecture • Japanese society • prefectures • ranking • research • society • study • survey)

Top 10 ranking of Weekly Shonen Jump’s most beautiful male characters revealed

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 27, 2020

Don’t be afraid to take in the eye candy with these characters who originally graced the pages of Japan’s best-selling weekly shonen manga magazine.

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• Internet, Japan
• (beautiful • character ranking • characters • Goo Ranking • poll • ranking • Top Ten • Weekly Shonen Jump)

Japan drops to 3rd place in U.S. News 2020 Best Countries rankings

• Shannon
  Jan 24, 2020

What could have happened to bump Japan out of its second-place glory?

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• USA
• (best country • happiness • ranking • survey • work culture)

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