Culture of Japan/Related Articles

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See also changes related to Culture of Japan, or pages that link to Culture of Japan or to this page or whose text contains "Culture of Japan".

Parent topics[edit]

  • Japan [r]: East Asian country of about 3,000 islands; one of the world's largest economies; population about 125,000,000. [e]

Subtopics[edit]

Demography[edit]

Popular culture[edit]

Language[edit]

  • Japanese language [r]: (日本語 Nihongo), Japonic language spoken mostly in Japan; Japonic family's linguistic relationship to other tongues yet to be established, though Japanese may be related to Korean; written in a combination of Chinese-derived characters (漢字 kanji) and native hiragana (ひらがな) and katakana (カタカナ) scripts; about 125,000,000 native speakers worldwide. [e]
  • Ainu language [r]: Endangered language of the Ainu people, spoken in parts of northern Japan and the Russian Far East. [e]
  • Ryukyuan languages [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Japanese English [r]: English as used by native speakers of Japanese, either for communicating with non-Japanese speakers or commercial and entertainment purposes. Includes vocabulary and usages not found in the native English-speaking world. [e]

Poetry[edit]

  • Shigin [r]: A form of Japanese poetry, which is usually chanted, either individually or within a group. [e]
  • Shichigon-zekku [r]: Japanese term for a poetry verse form consisting of four phrases each seven Chinese characters in length. [e]

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Cuisine[edit]

Sports[edit]

Religion[edit]

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