- Agriculture (rice, soybeans, fruits)
- Alcohol (beers: Asahi, Kirin, Suntory; whisky: Suntory sake)
- Anime and manga
- Architecture (buildings, bridges, tunnels)
- Arts and crafts (woodblock prints, lacquerware, kokeshi dolls, washi paper, ukiyo-e art, shodō calligraphy)
- Banking, currency, and financial services (yen)
- Bonsai miniature trees
- Byobu folding screens
- Chochin lanterns
- Cinema and film (Akira Kurosawa)
- Traditional clothing (kimono, yukata) and fashion (Rakuten Fashion Week)
- Demography–-major cities, aging (Okinawa blue zone/longevity)
- Economy
- Educational system (public/private, elementary, junior high school, high school, junior colleges, universities (national, public, private, cram schools/jukus
- Emperor and Imperial Family)
- Environmental issues
- Ethnic groups (Yamato, Ainu, Ryukyuan)
- Famous Japanese
- Folding fans/sensu and uchiwa non-folding fans
- Festivals and holidays (matsuri)
- Flower arrangements (ikebana)
- Folklore and ghosts (yōkai)
- Food/cuisine (ramen, udon, sushi, sashimi, tempura, tonkatsu, yakitori)
- Games (pachinko, shogi chess)
- Geishas
- Geography (archipelago, 4 main islands: Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku, Kyūshū)
- Governmental system (National diet, House of Representatives, House of Councillors, 47 prefectural governments)
- Haiku poetry
- Healthcare (kenkō kanri)
- History (cultural highlights from Jömon, Nara, Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi, Azuchi-Momoyama, Edo, Meiji, Taisho, Showa periods)
- Industry giants (automotive, electronics, Jujiro Matsuda/Mazda, Kiichiro Toyoda/Toyota, Soichiro Honda, Matsushita Konosuke, Akio Morita)
- International relations
- Kites (tako)
- Lakes, rivers, and mountains (Lake Biwa, Mt Fuji, Japanese Alps, Shinano River, Sumida River)
- Language origins and scripts (hiragana, katakana, kanji, furigana)
- Way of life principles (ikigai, wabi sabi)
- Literature (Murasaki Shikibu/Tale of the Genji)
- Lucky cats/maneki-neko
- Martial arts (karate, judo, jujutsu, kyūdū archery, aikido, kendo)
- Media (NHK, Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Nikkei Shimbun)
- Museums (e.g., the Tokyo National Museum)
- Music (hōgaku, gagaku/court music, shōmyō/Buddhist chanting, wadaiko drums)
- Mythology (Amaterasu)
- National symbols (flag, crane)
- National parks (Nikko National Park, Fuji Hakone Izu National Park, Daisetsuzan National Park, Joshinetsu-Kogen National Park)
- Natural disasters (earthquakes, typhoons)
- Natural resources
- Performing arts (Kabuki)
- Police/kōban and self-defense forces/SDF
- Political parties and leaders (Liberal Democratic Party, Constitutional Democratic Party, Komeito)
- Religions (Shinto/Itsukushima Shrine, Buddhism, Christianity/Hidden Christian Sites in Nagasaki region)
- Samurai, shoguns and bushido
- Science and technology, robotics, space program
- Shopping/department stores: Isetan, Mitsukoshi, Matsuya, Parco, Sogo, Takashimaya)
- Social and business customs (ojigi/bowing, meishi/card giving, nomikai/socializing)
- Sports (sumo wrestling, baseball, football, golf, tennis)
- Teas and the tea ceremony (sâdo)
- Theatre (kabuki, noh, bunraku, geza)
- Tourism (top attractions by region)
- Trading companies/sōgō shōsa
- Transportation (trains/shinkansen, airlines (Japan Air, All Nippon Airways/ANA, subway/chikatetsu)
- Traditional umbrellas/wagasa
- UNESCO World Heritage Sites (Himeji Castle, Itsukushima Shrine)
- Weather and seasons (sakura)
- Wildlife, zoos and aquariums (Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Wakayama Adventure World, Ueno Zoo, Asahiyama Zoo).
