Useful Notes / Asia

The world's largest and most populous continent; 30% of the world's land and fully 60% of the world's population is in Asia. Four of the five most populated countries in the world (India, China, Indonesia, and Pakistan) are located there, including the most populated country in the world, India. Don't engage in a land war there. Asia has played a vital role in the foundation of modern civilization, with the Cradle of Civilization being located in Iraq, where humankind first began to read, write, create laws, and live in cities under an organized government; the Arabic numeral system, Buddhism, and Hinduism originating from India; gunpowder, papermaking, printing, and the compass all originating from China; Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all originating from the Near East (which people seem to forget is a part of Asia); and so much more. While its global influence did wane in favor of North America and Europe for a long period of history after the Mongols and World War II devastated the place, it has seen a resurgence of influence worldwide in recent times. South Asia and the Far East are often lumped in with Oceania as the Asia-Pacific, and sometimes Asia, in general, is combined with Europe as Eurasia or Africa and Europe as Afro-Eurasia.

For the list of tropes related to Southeast and East Asians specifically, see the Asian Index. No relation to that one prog-rock band.

Countries

Green: Western Asia, pink: Central Asia, red: South Asia, blue: North Asia, orange: Southeast Asia, yellow: East Asia

Western Asia

• Armenia (Geographically a part of Western Asia, culturally a part of both Eastern Europe and Western Asia)

Capital & Largest City: Yerevan

• Azerbaijan (Transcontinental)

Capital & Largest City: Baku

• Bahrain

Capital & Largest City: Manama

• Cyprus (Geographically a part of Western Asia, culturally a part of Southern Europe)

Capital & Largest City: Nicosia

• Egypt (Transcontinental)

Capial & Largest City: Cairo

• Georgia (Transcontinental)

Capital & Largest City: Tbilisi

• Iran

Capital & Largest City: Tehran

• Iraq

Capital & Largest City: Baghdad

• Israel

Capital & Largest City: Jerusalem (limited recognition)^note Though the Israeli government and state apparatus are mostly based in Jerusalem, only a handful of foreign countries recognize and house their embassies within the city, with the others still basing themselves in Tel Aviv pending the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

• Jordan

Capital & Largest City: Amman

• Kuwait

Capital & Largest City: Kuwait City

• Lebanon

Capital & Largest City: Beirut

• Oman

Capital & Largest City: Muscat

• Qatar

Capital & Largest City: Doha

• Saudi Arabia

Capital & Largest City: Riyadh

• Syria

Capital & Largest City: Damascus

• Turkey (Transcontinental)

Capital: Ankara

Largest City: İstanbul

• United Arab Emirates

Capital: Abu Dhabi

Largest City: Dubai

• Yemen

Capital & Largest City: Sanaa

Capital-in-exile: Aden^note Yemen has been mired in civil war since 2015. The UN-backed government was forced to retreat from the capital Sana'a and relocate many times, with the president himself living in exile in Saudi Arabia. The government is technically based in Aden, but the city has been under the control of the Southern Transitional Council, which nominally sides with the government but has agendas of its own since 2019.

Central Asia

• Kazakhstan (Transcontinental)

Capital: Astana

Largest City: Almaty

• Kyrgyzstan

Capital & Largest City: Bishkek

• Tajikistan

Capital & Largest City: Dushanbe

• Turkmenistan

Capital & Largest City: Ashgabat

• Uzbekistan

Capital & Largest City: Tashkent

South Asia

• Afghanistan

Capital & Largest City: Kabul

• Bangladesh

Capital & Largest City: Dhaka

• Bhutan

Capital & Largest City: Thimphu

• India

Capital: New Delhi

Largest City: Mumbai (city proper), Delhi (metropolitan area)

• Maldives

Capital & Largest City: Malé

• Nepal

Capital & Largest City: Kathmandu

• Pakistan

Capital: Islamabad

Largest City: Karachi

• Sri Lanka

Capitals: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative), Colombo (executive and judicial)

Largest City: Colombo

North Asia

• Russia (Transcontinental)

Capital & Largest City: Moscow

Southeast Asia

• Brunei

Capital & Largest City: Bandar Seri Begawan

• Cambodia

Capital & Largest City: Phnom Penh

• Indonesia

Capitals: Jakarta (current), Nusantara (under construction; becomes the capital on August 17, 2024)

Largest City: Jakarta

• Laos

Capital & Largest City: Vientiane

• Malaysia

Capitals: Putrajaya (administrative), Kuala Lumpur (judicial, legislative and ceremonial)

Largest City: Kuala Lumpur

• Myanmar (Burma)

Capital: Naypyidaw

Largest City: Yangon

• Philippines

Capital: Manila (de jure), Metro Manila (de facto)

Largest City: Quezon City

• Singapore

Capital & Largest City: Singapore

• Thailand

Capital & Largest City: Bangkok

• Timor-Leste (East Timor)

Capital & Largest City: Dili

• Vietnam

Capital: Hanoi

Largest City: Ho Chi Minh City

East Asia

• China (Officially called the People's Republic of China)

Capital: Beijing

Largest City: Shanghai

• Manchuria
• Tibet
• Xinjiang

• Japan

Capital & Largest City: Tokyo

• Mongolia

Capital & Largest City: Ulaanbaatar

• North Korea (Officially called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea)

Capital & Largest City: Pyongyang

• South Korea (Officially called the Republic of Korea)

Capital & Largest City: Seoul

Unrecognized Countries

Western Asia

• Abkhazia (De facto independent country, claimed by Georgia)

Capital & Largest City: Sukhumi

• Northern Cyprus (De facto independent country, claimed by Cyprus)

Capitals: North Nicosia (de facto), Nicosia (de jure)

Largest City: North Nicosia

• Palestine (UN observer state, de jure independent country, occupied by Israel)^note The Palestinian National Authority exercises limited self-rule over the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967. Both the PNA and Israel have little say in the Gaza Strip since the Hamas group took over the territory in 2007.

Proclaimed Capital: Jerusalem^note As with the West Bank, the PNA exercises limited self-rule over East Jerusalem after the Six-Day War. West Jerusalem has been under Israeli control since the Arab-Israeli conflict first erupted in 1948.

Administrative Center: Ramallah

Largest City: Gaza City^note As with the rest of the Gaza Strip, the PNA and Israel have little say in the administration of the Gaza City after the 2007 Hamas takeover.

• Republic of Artsakh (symbolic)^note Following the 2023 Azerbaijani invasion and annexation of Artsakh, its government announced the dissolution of its army. It was initially claimed that the government would dissolve in 2024, but it later recanted this. That said, the country, which has never been recognized by any UN member state, effectively no longer exists today.

Capital & Largest City: Stepanakert

• South Ossetia (De facto independent country, claimed by Georgia)

Capital & Largest City: Tskhinvali

East Asia

• Taiwan (De facto independent country under the name of the Republic of China, claimed by China)

Capital: Taipei

Largest City: New Taipei

Dependencies

Western Asia

• Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Belongs to the United Kingdom)

Capital: Episkopi Cantonment

Largest Civilian Settlement: Akrotiri

South Asia

• British Indian Ocean Territory (De facto belongs to the United Kingdom, claimed by Mauritius)

Capital & Largest Settlement: Camp Thunder Cove

Southeast Asia

• Christmas Island (Belongs to Australia)

Capital & Largest City: Flying Fish Cove

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Belongs to Australia)

Capital: West Island

Largest Village: Bantam (Home Island)

East Asia

• Hong Kong (Belongs to China)

Capital: Hong Kong

Largest District: Sha Tin

• Macau (Belongs to China)

Capital: Macau

Largest Parish: Nossa Senhora de Fátima

Defunct countries, empires, kingdoms, and so on

• The Achaemenid Empire
• Ancient Egypt
• Byzantine Empire
• Dynasties from Shang to Qing
• The House of I
• The House of Wang
• Imperial Japan
• The Raj
• The Roman Empire
• The Roman Republic
• Soviet Union
• Tsarist Russia

Useful Notes and other articles related to Asia and Asian cultures

Asia in General

• All Asians Know Martial Arts
• All Asians Wear Conical Straw Hats
• Asian and Nerdy
• Asian Animation
• Asian Babymama
• Asian Cleaver Fever
• Asian Hooker Stereotype
• Asian Speekee Engrish
• Asian Store-Owner
• Asians Eat Pets
• Bible Times
  • Sword and Sandal
• Big Brother Is Watching This Index
  • Emniyet
  • GRU
  • Indian Political Service
  • Moscow Centre
  • Mossad
• Buddhism
  • Mystical 108
• Castles
• Child Soldiers
• Christianity
  • Ambiguously Christian
  • Everyone Is Christian at Christmas
  • Orthodox Christianity
• Clamshell Currency
• Cold War
  • Chummy Commies
  • Commie Land
  • The Commies Made Me Do It
  • Defector from Commie Land
  • Dirty Communists
  • History of the Cold War
  • Red China
  • Red Scare
  • Soviet Superscience
• Cruel Elephant
• Cyrillic Alphabet
  • The Backwards Я
• Deal with the Devil
• Death March
• Developing Nations Lack Cities (the third-world nations of Asia)
• The Dutch-Portuguese War
• Ear Cleaning
• Eastern Zodiac
• Eastward Endeavor
• Elephant Graveyard
• Elixir of Life
• The Emperor
• Eunuchs are Evil
• The Far East
• Far East Asian Terrorists
• Forces with Firepower
  • Armos with Armor (Armenia)
  • Chinese with Chopper Support (China)
    • The Dragon's Teeth (China's nuclear weapons)
  • Egyptians with Eagle Fighters (Egypt)
  • Filipinos with Firearms (Philippines)
  • Indians with Iglas (India)
    • Sainiks In The Subcontinent (Ancient/Medieval India)
    • Kipling's Finest (The Raj)
    • The Third Eye of Bharat (India's nuclear weapons)
  • Indonesians with Infantry (Indonesia)
  • Israelis with Infrared Missiles (Israel)
    • The Samson Option (Israel's nuclear weapons)
  • Kaiju Defense Force (Modern Japan)
    • Katanas of the Rising Sun (Imperial Japan)
  • Nepali with Nasty Knives (The Gurkhas of Nepal)
  • North Koreans with Nodongs (North Korea)
    • The Hooves of Chollima (North Korea's nuclear weapons)
  • Pakistanis with Panters (Pakistan)
    • Pak Attack (Pakistan's nuclear weapons)
  • Persians with Pistols (Iran)
  • The Other Chinese Army (Republic of China/Taiwan)
  • Russians with Rusting Rockets (Russia)
    • Reds with Rockets (USSR)
    • Russians with Rifles (Tsarist Russia and the White Guard)
    • From Russia with Nukes (USSR's/Russia's nuclear weapons)
  • Saudis with Sabers (Saudi Arabia)
  • Singaporeans with Stealth Frigates (Singapore)
  • South Koreans with Marines (South Korea)
  • Thai Fighters (Thailand)
  • Turks with Troops (Turkey)
  • Vietnamese with Kalashnikovs (Vietnam)
    • South Vietnamese with Skyraiders (South Vietnam)
  • Warriors of Desert Winds (Jordan)
• Former Regime Personnel
• Friendly Local Chinatown
• Garlic Is Abhorrent
• Gnosticism
  • Our Archons Are Different
• The Great Flood
• Green Is Blue
• The Gulag
• Happy-Ending Massage
• Heinous Hyena
• Hinduism
• History of Naval Warfare
• History of the USSR
  • The Soviet '20s
• Honorable Elephant
• The Horde
• Horse Archer
• Judaism
  • Informed Judaism
  • Jewish Holidays
    • Hanukkah Episode
  • Jewish Life Events
  • Kabbalah
  • The Noahide Laws
• Improbable Chopsticks Skill
• Indo-European Alien Language
• Interchangeable Asian Cultures
• Islam
  • Islamic Dress
  • Islamic Holidays and Festivals
  • The Prophet Muhammad
  • The Qur'an
• Japanese Pop Music
  • Idol Singer
• Macedonian Succession Wars
• The Mafiya
• Magical Asian
• Magical Floating Shawl
• Malicious Monitor Lizard
• Manichaeism
• Micro Monarchy
• Mighty Whitey and Mellow Yellow
• Military Animals
  • War Elephants
• Monstrous Seal
• Mystical Lotus
• Non-Nazi Swastika
• The Old North Wind
• Orientalism
• Other Royal Families
• Our Dragons Are Different
  • Dragon Works
• Panthera Awesome
• Patronymic
• People's Republic of Tyranny
• Police Forces
  • Spell Our Name with a "Po" (Russia)
• Post-Soviet Reunion
• President for Life
• Public Bathhouse Scene
  • Bathhouse Blitz
• Qurac
• Rascally Raccoon
• Reincarnation
• Rhino Rampage
• Royal Harem
• The Russian Cross
• Sacred Hospitality
• School Systems
  • Japanese Education System
    • Japanese Universities
  • Post-Soviet Educational System
• Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
• Shinto
  • Miko
  • Zigzag Paper Tassel
• Sikhism
• Sluggish Seal
• Snake People
• Socialist Realism
• The Space Race
• Storming the Beaches
• Sweet Seal
• Tabletop Games
  • Card Games
    • Mahjong
  • War Gaming
    • Chess
    • Go
• Taoism
  • Koan
    • Ice-Cream Koan
• Turkic Peoples
• A Villain Named Khan
• Visual Kei
• Walk on Water
• The War on Terror
• Why We Are Bummed Communism Fell
• World Tree
• World War I
• World War II
  • The Aftermath
  • Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • War in Asia and the Pacific
  • Works Set in World War II
• Zoroastrianism

Western Asia

See Iran, Israel and Saudi Arabia for everything solely related to those countries

• Adam and Eve Plot
• Adam and/or Eve
• Adventures in the Bible
• All Jews Are Ashkenazi
• All Jews Are Cheapskates
• All Muslims Are Arab
• Ambiguously Jewish
• Ancient Persia
• The Antichrist
  • Anti Anti Christ
• Arab–Israeli Conflict
• Arab Mythology
  • Magic Carpet
  • Mi'raj
  • Our Genies Are Different
    • Becoming the Genie
    • Benevolent Genie
    • Freeing the Genie
    • Genie in a Bottle
    • The Genie in the Machine
    • Genie Works
    • Jackass Genie
    • Literal Genie
    • Wishplosion
  • Our Ghouls Are Creepier
  • Roc Birds
• Arab Oil Sheikh
• The Arab Spring
• Arab World
• "Arabian Nights" Days
  • Bazaar of the Bizarre
• Arabic Language
  • Arab Beoble Talk
• The Ark
• The Armenian Genocide
• Armenian Mythology
• As the Good Book Says...
• Asmodeus
• Away in a Manger
• Bad Samaritan
• Badass Israeli
• Bedlah Babe
• Bedouin Rescue Service
• Beelzebub
• Biblical Bad Guy
• Biblical Motifs
• Black Jezebel Stereotype
• Blood Oath
• Build Like an Egyptian
• Cain and Abel
  • Cain
    • The Descendants of Cain
    • Name of Cain
  • Cain and Abel and Seth
• Canaanite Mythology
• The Caucasus
• Circle of Standing Stones
• Clone Jesus
• Coffee
  • You, Get Me Coffee
• The Crimean War
• Crossing the Desert
• Crucial Cross
• Crucified Hero Shot
• The Crusades
• Curse of Babel
• Curse of the Pharaoh
• Dark Messiah
• Dark Shepherd
• David Versus Goliath
• Deadly Dust Storm
• Desert Bandits
• Desert Warfare
• Dueling Messiahs
• Egyptian Mythology
  • Our Sphinxes Are Different
• Emissary from the Divine
• Eye of Horus Means Egypt
• The Fall of Constantinople
• False Prophet
• Flaming Sword
• Forbidden Fruit
• Garden of Eden
• The Generalissimo
• Gentile Jew-Chaser
• Go and Sin No More
• God
  • The Anti-God
  • Being God Is Hard
  • God for a Day
  • God-Karting with Beelzebub
  • God Is Dead
  • God Is Displeased
  • God Is Evil
  • God Is Flawed
  • God Is Good
  • God Is Inept
  • God Is Neutral
  • God Was My Copilot
  • God's Hands Are Tied
  • Grandpa God
  • The Hand Is God
  • Have You Seen My God?
  • Reasoning with God
  • What If God Was One of Us?
• God-Emperor
• Golem
  • Improvised Golems
• Good Samaritan
• Good Shepherd
• Gratuitous Use of the Tallit
• Greco-Persian Wars
• Greedy Jew
• Greek Language
  • Gratuitous Greek
• The Gulf War
• The Hashshashin
• Heaven
  • The Armies of Heaven
  • Bonus Level of Heaven
  • Celebrities Hang Out in Heaven
  • Fluffy Cloud Heaven
  • Healthy in Heaven
  • Heaven Above
  • Heaven Seeker
  • Heavenly Blue
  • Hell of a Heaven
  • High-Tech Heaven
  • Nostalgia Heaven
  • Physical Heaven
  • Rage Against the Heavens
  • Rerouted from Heaven
  • Stairway to Heaven
  • Taking Over Heaven
  • This Isn't Heaven
  • Unfeeling Heavens
• Heaven Versus Hell
• Hebrew Mythology
• Hiding in a Hijab
• Hijacked by Jesus
• History of Modern Egypt
• Hittite Mythology
• Holy City
• Hollywood Mirage
• Horsemen of the Apocalypse
• Iran–Iraq War
• Iranian Revolution
• Jacob and Esau
• Jesus: The Early Years
• Jesus Was Crazy
• Jesus Was Way Cool
• Jewish and Nerdy
• Jewish Complaining
• Jewish Mother
• Jewish Revolts
• Jews Love to Argue
• Journey to the Sky
• Kosher Nostra
• Kraken and Leviathan
• Krav Maga
• Kurdistan
• Looks Like Jesus
• Lumber Mill Mayhem
• The Maccabean Revolt
• Magical Jew
• Mesopotamian Monstrosity
• Mesopotamian Mythology
  • Mother of a Thousand Young
  • Scorpion People
  • Shedu and Lammasu
• Messianic Archetype
• Metatron
• The Middle East
• Middle Eastern Coalition
• Middle Eastern Terrorists
• Moses Archetype
• Moses in the Bulrushes
• Mummy
  • Chummy Mummy
  • Mummy Wrap
  • Seductive Mummy
• Nart Sagas
• Nazi Hunter
• Nepharious Pharaoh
• Nephilim
• Never Accepted in His Hometown
• New Eden
• Nice Jewish Boy
• Noah's Story Arc
• Number of the Beast
• Obvious Judas
• Our Angels Are Different
  • Angel Unaware
  • Angelic Abomination
  • Angels in Overcoats
  • Celestial Paragons and Archangels
    • Archangel Azrael
    • Archangel Gabriel
    • Archangel Michael
    • Archangel Raphael
    • Archangel Uriel
  • Council of Angels
  • Fallen Angel
  • Guardian Angel
• Our Gryphons Are Different
• Our Hippocamps Are Different
• Our Mermaids Are Different
  • Apparently Human Merfolk
  • Mermaid Arc Emergence
  • Mermaid Media
  • Mermaid Problem
  • Unscaled Merfolk
• Ouroboros
• Parting the Sea
• The Pearly Gates
• Persian Mythology
  • Our Manticores Are Spinier
• Philosopher's Stone
• The Promised Land
• Pyramid Power
• Real Men Love Jesus
• Saint George
• A Saint Named Mary
• Samaritan Syndrome
• Satan
  • Satan Is Good
• Satanic Archetype
• Scarab Power
• Scheherezade Gambit
• Sea of Sand
• Second Coming
• Serpent Staff
• Shiksa Goddess
• Signs of the End Times
• Sizable Semitic Nose
• Thirsty Desert
• The Three Wise Men
• Tower of Babel
• Turkish Drama
• Turn the Other Cheek
• Unperson
• Uriah Gambit
• Zodiac Motifs

Central Asia

See Kazakhstan for everything solely related to Kazakhstan

• Barbarian Tribe
  • Barbarian Hero
• The Black Death
• Born in the Saddle
• Countrystan
• Hordes from the East
• Saharan Shipwreck
• The Scourge of God
• Scythian Mythology
• The Silk Road
• Sinister Scimitar
• Wandering Culture

South Asia

See Afghanistan, India and Pakistan for everything solely related to those countries

• Bollywood
  • Bollywood Actors
  • Bollywood Movies
  • Filmi Music: Indian music created for Bollywood productions.
  • The Otherwoods
• Bollywood Nerd
• Conquest of Portuguese India
• Great White Hunter
• Hindu Mythology
• Indian Languages
• Indian Rebellion
• The Indo-Pakistan Conflict
  • The Kashmir Question
• Karma
  • Call It Karma
• Kukris Are Kool
• Lotus Position (Useful Notes)
  • Lotus Position (Trope)
    • Levitating Lotus Position
• Operator from India
• The Partition of India
• Rings of Death
• Sacred Cow
• Sad Bollywood Wedding
• Snake Charmer
• South Asian Terrorists
• Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
• Sri Lankan Civil War
• Stereotypical South Asian English
• Type Caste
• Yoga

North Asia

See Russia for everything solely related to Russia

• The Arctic
• Busy Beaver
• Christmas Is Bourgeois
• Closed Cities
• Cossacks
• Did Anastasia Survive?
• Eerie Arctic Research Station
• Eskimo Land
• Husky Russkie
• Make the Bear Angry Again
• Moose Are Idiots
• Mother Russia Makes You Strong
• Parody of Evolution
• Polar Bears and Penguins
• Polar Madness
• Red October
• Renegade Russian
• Romanovs and Revolutions
• Russia Takes Over the World
• Russian Bear
• Russian Guy Suffers Most
• Russian Humour
• Russian Language
  • Gratuitous Russian
  • Russian Naming Convention
  • Russian Proverbs and Expressions
• Russian Mythology and Tales
• Sambo
• Sled Dogs Through the Snow
• Suave Sabre
• The Tunguska Event
• Vodka Drunkenski
• Warm-Hearted Walrus
• White-Tailed Reindeer
• Wily Walrus
• Wintry Auroral Sky

Southeast Asia

See Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam for everything solely related to those countries

• Cagayan Battles
• Conjoined Twins
• Erudite Orangutan
• Eskrima
• Holiday in Cambodia
• Hungry Jungle
• Jungle Warfare
• Malaysian Mythology
• Metro Manila Film Festival
• Muay Thai
• Not-So-Safe Harbor
• Philippine-American War
• Philippine Mythology
• Ruthless Modern Pirates
• Silat
• Spanish Conquest of the Philippines
• A Taste of the Lash
• Thai Mythology
• Tropical Epilogue
• Tropical Island Adventure
• The Vietnam War
  • The Vietnam Vet
• Vietnamese Mythology
• Weird Currency

East Asia

See China, Japan and South Korea for everything solely related to those countries

• 1000 Origami Cranes
• The 47 Ronin
• Abema Best Voice Actors
• Aikido
• Ainu Mythology
• Airsoft
• All Chinese People know Kung-Fu
• Almighty Idiot
• Altaic Mythology
  • Warrior Heaven
• Anime & Manga (included since there's also Chinese and South Korean Manga)
  • Anime Chinese Girl
  • Anime Fan Speak
  • The Anime of the Game
  • Anime Opening Parody
  • Animesque
  • Astro Clone
  • Bara Genre
  • Ecchi
  • Fantasy Anime & Manga
  • Gaming and Sports Anime & Manga
  • Gekiga
  • Ghibli Hills
  • Idol Genre
  • Iyashikei
  • Josei
  • Kodomomuke
  • Manga Effects
    • Love Bubbles
    • Speed Lines
  • Mangaka
  • Manhua
  • Manhwa
    • Korean Webtoons
  • Names to Know in Anime
  • Overtook the Manga
  • Rei Ayanami Expy
  • Sailor Senshi Sendup
  • Seinen
  • Shōnen Demographic
    • Shonen Hair
    • Stock Shōnen Hero
    • Stock Shōnen Rival
    • To Be a Master
  • Shōjo Demographic
    • Stock Shoujo Bullying Tactics
    • Stock Shoujo Heroine
    • Yaoi Genre
    • Boys' Love Notes
  • Shrines and Temples
  • Yonkoma
• Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy
• Artificial Riverbank
• Asian Airhead
• Asian Buck Teeth
• Asian Fox Spirit
• Asian Lion Dogs
• Asian Rune Chant
• Ba Gua
• Banned in China
• Beam of Enlightenment
• Bishōnen
• Bishōnen Line
• Bishoujo Series
• Black Belt in Origami
• Body Sushi
• Bōsōzoku
• Brick Break
• Bruce Lee Clone
• China Takes Over the World
• Chinese Civil War
• Chinese Language
  • Chinese Dialects and Accents
  • Chinese Sibling Terminology
  • Why Mao changed his name (transliteration)
• Chinese Launderer
• Chinese Media (also includes media from Hong Kong and Macau)
• Chinese Mythology
  • Chinese Vampire
• Chinese Names
• Ching Chong
• Chuunibyou
• City People Eat Sushi
• Cute Slime Mook
• Daruma Doll
• Demon King Nobunaga
• Digging to China
• Dinosaurs Are Dragons
• Dragon Lady
• Dragons Up the Yin Yang
• Drop the Washtub
• Drunken Boxing
• Elite Four
• Emojis
• Every Japanese Sword is a Katana
• Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting
• Far East
• Feelies
• Festival Episode
• Fetishized Abuser
• Fighting Panda
• Fighting Series
  • Panty Fighter
• Fighting Spirit
• First Sino-Japanese War
• Foo Fu
• Four Is Death
• The Four Gods
• Gag Series
• Genghis Gambit
• Ghost Leg Lottery
• Go-Karting with Bowser
• Godzilla Threshold
• Goldfish Poop Gang
• Goldfish Scooping Game
• Gorgeous Gaijin
• Gun Fu
• Hanahaki Disease
• Harem Genre
• Henshin Hero
• Hentai
• Hikikomori
• Hot Springs Episode
• Iaijutsu Practitioner
• Imperial China
  • List of Significant People in Imperial China
• Inscrutable Oriental
• Instant Runes
• Iwo Jima Pose
• Japan Takes Over the World
• Japanese Architecture
• Japanese Christian
• The Japanese Invasion
• Japanese Language
  • Alternate Character Reading
  • Baka
  • Formal Characters Use Keigo
  • Gender and Japanese Language
  • Goroawase Number
  • Gratuitous Japanese
  • Japanese Dialects
  • Japanese Honorifics
  • Japanese Pronouns
  • Japanese Romanization
  • Japanese Sibling Terminology
  • Japanese Stock Phrases
    • It Can't Be Helped
  • Japanese Writing System
  • Kotobagari
  • One, Two, Three, Four, Go!
  • Seven Is Nana
• Japanese Mythology
  • Thunder Drum
  • Youkai
    • Bakeneko and Nekomata
    • Baku
    • Gashadokuro
    • Hitodama Light
    • Kamaitachi
    • Kappa
    • Karakasa
    • Night Parade of One Hundred Demons
    • Nue
    • Nurikabe
    • Oni
    • Onryō
    • Orochi
    • Raijū
    • Shinigami
    • Tanuki
    • Tengu
    • Tsuchigumo and Jorogumo
    • Tsuchinoko
    • Youkai Works
    • Yuki-onna
    • Zashiki-warashi
• Japanese Ranguage
• Japanese Tourist
• Jidaigeki
• Judo
• Just Here for Godzilla
• Kabuki Theatre
  • Kabuki Sounds
• Kaiju
  • Kaiju Works
• Kamehame Hadoken
• Karaoke Box
• Karate
• Katanas Are Just Better
  • Wooden Katanas Are Even Better
• Kawaisa
• Kendo
  • Kendo Team Captain
• Kenjutsu
• Ki Manipulation
• Kiai
• Kichiku
• Kichiku Megane
• Kickboxing
• Kimodameshi
• Kimono
  • Kimono Fanservice
  • Kimono Is Traditional
• King of All Cosmos
• Kirin
• Kishōtenketsu
• Korean Drama
• Korean Honorifics
• Korean Media
• Korean Movies
• Korean Mythology
• Korean Sibling Terminology
• The Korean War
• Korean Wave
• Koreans in Japan
• I Know Karate
• Kung-Fu Wizard
• Legendary Carp
• Light Novels
  • "Reborn as Villainess" Story
  • Stock Light-Novel Calamity Princess
  • Stock Light-Novel Everyman
  • Stock Light-Novel Hero
• Magical Girl
  • Cute Witch
  • Magical Girl Genre Deconstruction
  • Magical Girl Warrior
• Magical Girlfriend
• The Magnificent Seven Samurai
• Maneki Neko
• Maou the Demon King
• Martial Arts Belts
• Martial Arts and Crafts
• Martial Arts Movie
  • Chop Sockey
    • Funny Bruce Lee Noises
    • Hong Kong Dub
    • Kung-Foley
  • Kung-Fu Clairvoyance
• Martial Arts for Mundane Purposes
• Mascot with Attitude
• Mecha Show
  • Real Robot Genre
  • Super Robot Genre
• Monkey King Lite
• Monkey Morality Pose
• Mons Series
  • Magikarp Power
  • Mons
    • Com Mons
    • Hu Mons
    • Olympus Mons
  • Phonýmon
  • Rare Candy
• Moon Rabbit
• Muramasa and Masamune
• Mystical Jade
• Naginatas Are Feminine
• Names in Japanese
• Netorare
• Ninja
  • Cat Ninja
  • Cyber Ninja
  • Conservation of Ninjutsu
  • Frog Ninja
  • Gratuitous Ninja
  • Highly-Visible Ninja
  • McNinja
  • Ninja Brat
  • Ninja Fiction
  • Ninja Log
  • Ninja Maid
  • Ninja Run
  • Ninja School
  • Pirates vs. Ninjas
  • Stock Ninja Weaponry
    • Fuuma Shuriken
  • Technicolor Ninjas
• No More Emperors
• Not Zilla
• Nuclear Weapons Taboo
• Odango Hair
• Onmyōdō
• Opium Den
• Otaku
  • Cosplay Otaku Girl
  • Occidental Otaku
• Otokonoko Genre
• Paper Talisman
• Paper Tiger
• Pastel-Chalked Freeze Frame
• Peking Duck Christmas
• Peking Opera
• Personal Seals
• Personality Blood Types
• Playful Cat Smile
• Power of the God Hand
• Priceless Ming Vase
• Qipao
• Ramen as Dehydrated Noodles
• Red Oni, Blue Oni
  • Tiger Versus Dragon
• Red String of Fate
• Rent-a-Zilla
• Rival Dojos
  • Heir to the Dojo
  • Pacifist Dojo
  • Thug Dojo
• Russo-Japanese War
• Samurai
  • Corporate Samurai
  • Everything's Better with Samurai
  • Kid Samurai
  • Rōnin
  • Samurai Cowboy
  • Samurai in Ninja Town
  • Samurai Ponytail
  • Samurai Shinobi
  • Western Samurai
• Sarashi
• Second Sino-Japanese War
• Sekaikei Genre
• Sentai
• Seppuku
• The Seven Mysteries
• Sixth Ranger
  • Sixth Ranger Traitor
• Slow Life Fantasy
• Smashing Watermelons
• Sneeze Cut
• Spirit Cultivation Genre
• Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting
• Stock Wushu Weapons
• Sumo Wrestling (included since there's also Mongolian sumos)
• Super-Deformed
  • Graphics-Induced Super-Deformed
• Super Wheelchair
• Supernatural Martial Arts
• Taekwondo
• Tanabata
• Tanuki/Kitsune Contrast
• Tea and Tea Culture
  • Calming Tea
  • Tea Is Classy
• Three Kingdoms – Shu, Wei, Wu
• Thirty Divisions of the Peninsula
• The Thirty-Six Stratagems
• Tibetan Mythology
  • Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti
  • The Shangri-La
• Toku
  • Ultraman Copy
• The Triads and the Tongs
• Tulpa
• Ultimate Life Form
• Virtual YouTuber
• What the Fu Are You Doing?
• Wheelchair Antics
• Wheelchair Woobie
• White Hair, Black Heart
• Wing Chun
• Wok Fu
• Wutai
• Wuxia
• Yakuza
  • Yubitsume
• Yellow Peril
• Yuri Genre
  • Yuri Fan
• Zen Slap

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