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Japanese cuisine has a reputation for being super healthy, with its incorporation of nutrition-packed fish and seasonal vegetables. True, the diet of many Japanese today is not at all ideal, but your more traditional Japanese meal still has bragging rights for its healthfulness, and vegetables are still eaten in abundance.

The Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare recently released the results of a survey revealing a ranking of the most eaten vegetables in Japan, but what claimed the number one spot? A vegetable you might not even be able to find in your own country!

Japan
(food • Rankings • Surveys • vegetables)

Top 10 trending search terms in Japan 2013

Michelle Lynn Dinh
Dec 29, 2013

While “twerking” and “Harlem Shake” were among the top search terms in the US, our neighbors to the west were busy Googling other, more wholesome words. Let’s take a look at the top trending search terms in Japan this year!

Internet, Japan
(Rankings • search terms • trending)

Stay out of Nagasaki if you want to go home on time: The most overworked prefectures in Japan

Michelle Lynn Dinh
Oct 29, 2013

It’s well known around the world that many people in Japan are overworked. Long hours, overtime, working on the weekends; all of these less than ideal conditions can build up and create unhappy employees. But did you know that not all prefectures are equally overworked?

Japanese online job search site, Rikunavi Next, have ranked the 47 prefectures of Japan based on how many hours of overtime and how much compensation workers receive on average. How does your prefecture stack up?

Japan
(overtime • overworked • Rankings • working)

The top 8 fast food chains in Japan

Michelle Lynn Dinh
Sep 15, 2013

Do you have a favorite place to get a quick, cheap meal? Maybe you go through the drive-thru at McDonald’s and enjoy a BigMac or cruise on over to Krispy Kreme for a sweet treat. Even though Japan doesn’t have a strong culture of driving motor vehicles, people in the island nation still enjoy a wide variety of quick bites. But what is Japan’s favorite fast food? News site, NariNari, has the answer.

Japan
(fast food • Rankings)

Japan’s Top Five Favorite Sushi Toppings

Michelle Lynn Dinh
Mar 24, 2013

Sushi is a classic Japanese food that has become popular all over the world. However, sushi served in restaurants outside of Japan can turn out a little strange. Sushi hybrid concoctions such as the California roll filled with avocado and crab, and the caterpillar roll, topped with avocado and made to resemble a live caterpillar, have been delighting foreign taste buds for years. But exactly what kind of sushi do the Japanese prefer? A survey asked 500 MyNavi News members (246 males, 254 females) to share their favorite sushi topping. Surprisingly, tuna is not the most popular.

Internet, Japan
(maguro • Rankings • salmon • sushi • Top 5 • tuna)

Japan’s Favorite Alcohol: Beer Outranks Japanese Rice Wine and Shochu

Michelle Lynn Dinh
Feb 14, 2013

When asked to pick your poison what do you choose? In a recent survey, people in Japan were asked to select their favorite alcoholic beverage. The results, as we’ll see after the break, were quite surprising.

Japan
(beer • makkori • Rankings • sake • shochu • umeshu • wine)

Which Company’s Employee Would You Like to Marry? Nintendo Tops Rankings in Japan

John Stuart Translations
Jan 18, 2013

An Internet survey asking Japanese men and women aged 20 to 39 which company they would like a potential marriage partner to work for ranked Nintendo number one.

The survey, conducted November 28 and 29, 2012, received 500 valid responses. Filling out the top five were All Nippon Airways (ANA), Tanita (electronic scales), Google and Apple. Reasons given for choices were wide-ranging including, “It’s a hot company,” and “My partner is unlikely to gain a middle-aged bulge (working there).”
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