Portal:Japan/Topics

Symbols

• Japan
• Flag of Japan
• Kimi Ga Yo
• Imperial Seal

Geography

• Environment
• Regions
• Prefectures
• Cities
• Districts
• Towns
• Villages
• Addresses
• Islands
• Lakes
• Rivers
• Historic provinces of Japan
• Japan Standard Time

Nature

• Bonsai
• National Park System
• Sakura
• Daikon
• Akita Inu
• Shiba Inu
• Tsunami

History

Historical Eras

• Paleolithic
• Jōmon period
• Yayoi period
• Kofun period
• Asuka period
• Nara period
• Heian period
• Kamakura period
  • Kemmu restoration
• Muromachi period
  • Nanboku-chō period
  • Sengoku period
• Azuchi-Momoyama period
  • Nanban trade
• Edo period
  • Bakumatsu
• Meiji period
  • Meiji Restoration
• Taishō period
  • Japan in WWI
• Shōwa period
  • Japanese militarism
  • Occupation of Japan
  • Post-Occupation Japan
• Heisei period

Military History

• Samurai
• Ninja
• Genpei War
• Forty-seven Ronin
• Battle of Sekigahara
• Imperial Army
• Imperial Army Air Force
• Imperial Navy
• Imperial Navy Air Service
• Naval history
• Japanese expansion (1941-1942)
• Boshin War
• Kwantung Army
• Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
• Japanese war crimes
  • International Military Tribunal for the Far East
• February 26 Incident
• Second Sino-Japanese War(1937-1945)
• Nanking Massacre
• Bataan Death March
• Attack on Pearl Harbor
• Battle of Wuhan
• Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Little Boy

Government and Politics

• Law
• Constitution
• Emperors (list)
• Prime Ministers (list)
• Cabinet
• Ministries
• Diet
• House of Councillors
• House of Representatives
• Judiciary
• Elections
• Political parties
• Fiscal policy
• Foreign policy
• Foreign relatinos
• Human rights
• Self-Defense Force
  • Air Self-Defense Force
  • Ground Self-Defense Force
  • Maritime Self-Defense Force
• Economic History
• Educational History

Economy

• Primary sector
• Manufacturing
• Labor
• Communications
• Transportation
  • Shinkansen
  • Tokyo Metro
  • List of Railway Companies
• Currency
• List of Japanese companies
• Bank of Japan
• Department stores in Japan

Language

• Historical kana usage
• Pronunciation
• Grammar

Writting Systems

• Kanji
• Hiragana
• Katakana
• Furigana

Japonic Languages

• Amami
• Kikai
• Okinawan
• Kunigami
• Yoron
• Miyako
• Yaeyama
• Yonaguni

Dialects

• Kansai-ben
• Saga-ben

Foreign Variations

• Franponais
• Engrish

Art

• Calligraphy
• Dogū
• Dōtaku
• Haniwa
• Japonisme
• Kagami
• Kakemono
• Kanō School
• Magatama
• Manga
• Origami
• Imari porcelain
• Pottery
• Traditional Pottery
• Ukiyo-e
• Yamato-e

Architecture

• Heian Palace
• Himeji Castle
• Itsukushima Shrine
• Nijō Castle
• Osaka Castle
• Shinto shrine
• Daitoku-ji
• Tōdai-ji
• Yakushi-ji

Music

• Koto
• Shakuhachi
• Shamisen
• Taiko
• Gagaku
• Enka
• Jpop
• Karaoke

Cinema

• Anime
• Studio Ghibli

Directors

• Takeshi Kitano
• Akira Kurosawa
• Yasujirō Ozu
• Takashi Miike
• Hayao Miyazaki
• Isao Takahata
• Shōhei Imamura
• Nagisa Oshima
• Mikio Naruse
• Kenji Mizoguchi
• Hirokazu Kore-Eda

Films

• Godzilla
• In the Realm of the Senses
• Seven Samurai
• Rashōmon
• Kagemusha
• Ring

Literature

• List of Japanese writers
• Kojiki
• Nihonshoki
• The Tale of Genji
• List of Newspapers

Japanese Literary Genres

• Monogatari
• Haiku
• Tanka
• Waka

Theatre

• Kabuki
• Bunraku
• Noh
• Kyōgen

Culture

• Chanoyu
• Ikebana
• Tea Ceremony
• Kōdō
• Geisha
• Onsen
• Sento
• Gardens

Holidays and Festivals

• Golden Week
  • Shōwa Day
  • Constitution Memorial Day
  • Greenery Day
  • Kodomo no Hi
• Hanami
• Hina Matsuri
• Momijigari
• O-Bon
• Setsubun
• Tanabata

Traditional Clothing

• Geta
• Hakama
• Furisode
• Kimono
• Tabi
• Waraji
• Yukata
• Zōri
• Okobo

Food

• Bentō
• Mochi
• Rāmen
• Saké
• Sashimi
• Sushi
• Tempura
• Wasabi

Religion

• Shinto
• Buddhism
  • Nichiren
  • Shingon
  • Tendai
  • Pure Land
  • Zen
• Christianity
  • Protestantism
  • Roman Catholicism
  • Japanese Orthodox Church
• Judaism
• Islam
• Neo-Confucianism
• Japanese Mythology
• Shinshūkyō

Society

• Crime
• Demographics
• Education
• Etiquette
• Values
• 100-yen shop
• Toilets in Japan

Classifications of People

• Freeter
• Hikikomori
• Ijime
• Kogaru
• Otaku
• Yakuza
• Burakumin

Sports and Games

Sports

• Sumo
• Aikido
• Kendo

Traditional Games

• Go Game
• Shogi
• Mah-jong
• Hanafuda

Notable People

• Korechika Anami
• Yasuhiko Asaka
• Hirohito
• Naruhiko Higashikuni
• Prince Kan'in Kotohito
• Nobusuke Kishi
• Kuniaki Koiso
• Fumimaro Konoe
• Prince Mikasa
• Nobunaga Oda
• Sen no Rikyū
• Mamoru Shigemitsu
• Tsuneyoshi Takeda
• Hideki Tōjō
• Ieyasu Tokugawa
• Soemu Toyoda
• Hideyoshi Toyotomi
• Toshirō Mifune
• Fukuzawa Yukichi