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Parent topics
- Japan [r]: East Asian country of about 3,000 islands; one of the world's largest economies; population about 125,000,000. [e]
Subtopics
Demography
- Ainu people [r]: Indigenous people of northern Japan and the Russian Far East. [e]
- Okinawan people [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Burakumin [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Japanese residents of colonial descent [r]: Japanese and non-Japanese citizens who trace their origins back to Japan's colonial period. [e]
Popular culture
- Japanese popular culture [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Japanese media [r]: Newspapers, magazines, television, radio and internet sites in Japan. [e]
- Manga [r]: Japanese or Japanese-style comics. [e]
- Karaoke [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pokémon [r]: Nintendo-owned entertainment franchise based on computer game where players collect "pocket monsters" and use them in RPG-style battles. [e]
Language
- 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
- 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]
Visual arts
- Ukiyoe [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ikebana [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kabuki [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Noh [r]: Add brief definition or description
Clothing
- Kimono [r]: Traditional Japanese garment, worn by both men and women, consisting of a long, ankle-length gown with full, flowing sleeves. [e]
- Geta [r]: Add brief definition or description