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What is Japan commonly known as?
Land of the
Rising Sun
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What is the cornerstone of Japan's global competitiveness?
Sustainable
society
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What role do innovation and technology play in Japan?
They foster
growth
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What types of robots are well-known in Japan?
Androids
,
animal robots
,
social robots
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What is a characteristic of modern Japan's culture?
Rise of
urban popular culture
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What theater form is in its heyday in Japan?
Kabuki
productions
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Who invented the haiku?
Matsuo Basho
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Where did the Japanese writing system originate?
China
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What are two of the earliest known pieces of Japanese literature?
Kojiki
and
Nihon Shoki
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What is the Man'yoshu?
An
extensive
collection
of
poetry
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What happened at the end of Japan's 200-year seclusion?
Several styles
emerged
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Who are some influential authors in Japanese literature?
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
,
Eiji Yoshikawa
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How does the creation myth in Kojiki compare to the Greek Creation Myth?
It is
comparable
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What existed before creation according to Kojiki?
Chaos
and a state of
vacuum
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What did the single seed of life give rise to?
All other
elements
in the world
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What emerged from the waves in the creation myth?
A
green growth
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Who were the final two gods created by the deity?
Izanagi
and
Izanami
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What did Izanagi and Izanami create when they tossed a staff into the water?
The
Japanese
islands
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What did Izanami's first child become?
The
sun
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Who is the ancestor of the first emperor of Japan?
Amaterasu
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What do Izanagi and Izanami represent in Japanese mythology?
Universal
parents and creators
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What does Kamitsumaki refer to in Kojiki?
The upper
volume
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How many sections does Kamitsumaki have?
43
sections/chapters
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Who are the first deities in Kamitsumaki?
Kotoamatsukami
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Who created Kotoamatsukami?
Amenominakanushi
,
Takamimusubi
,
Kamimusubi
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What is the significance of Amaterasu in Japanese culture?
She represents the
sun
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What does Nakatsumaki refer to in Kojiki?
The middle
volume
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What does Nakatsumaki recount?
The first
Emperor's
conquest of
Japan
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How are the reigns of the second through ninth emperors recorded in Nakatsumaki?
Briefly, with names and locations
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What is the focus of Shimotsumaki?
Human interactions with
gods
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What is Shintō based on?
Worship of
spirits
known as
kami
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What distinguishes Shintō from Buddhism?
No
founder
or
canonical scripture
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What does the word Shintō mean?
Way of the Kami
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Who created the Japanese islands and clans according to Shintō mythology?
Izanagi
and
Izanami
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How can Shintō practitioners align with divine will?
By following
prescribed rites
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How many Shintō practitioners were there in the early 21st century?
Approximately
2.8 million
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What is the Kojiki known as?
Oldest
history book in Japan
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Who wrote the Kojiki and when?
Ono Yasumaro
in
712 CE
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What does the Kojiki start with?
The
gods
and the world's creation
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What is the significance of the Kojiki?
Holds vast amount of
Japanese
mythology
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