Greatest Japanese Contribution

All sorts of Technology
Anime
Manga
Games
Hentai
JAV
Figurine

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Couldn't agree more about the cameras!
I also think the food + anime (and all that goes with it: figures, dakimakura etc.)

Anime, Dollfie dreams, Cute culture, Japanese food,

many more really, stuff which makes me wanna go back and spend all my money LOL

Anime + manga + video games + doujinshi + cosplay + eroge + game consoles + ACG-related merchandise + Odaiba Gundam = greatest contribution of Japanese from my POV

The respect they have for each other. Japanese culture and lifestyle is why I want to live there.

Hentai!!!!

ok being serious now: would probably be their great story telling which falls into the genres of anime, games, manga, VNL and the like. Prefers their illustrations over western illustrations any day. Of course everything you, Danny, listed I agree to as well, I just don't think it matters if I prefer which over the other as they are all great and equal in my opinion.

you should also put the Poll here :p

anime
anime figures
video games based on anime
anime merchandise
manga

My list:

1. Food
2. Music
3. Electronics / Technology
4. Dollfies (though I have yet to get one... u__u poor.)
5. Anime / Manga
and the list goes on..

cute/hot idols. do i need to say more?

Anime
Figurines
Manga
Visual Novel
Hentai
Gunpla
Fooood~

In no particular order...
Kinoko Nasu, Anime/Manga, Transformers, light novels, Anime-related Figures, Vocaloids, and japanese food.

All sorts of things on my list
Anime, Manga, Games, Figures, Art and many of the random things.

video games!
they motivated me to learn japanese, to learn english, japanese culture and everything related to japan.

So I say video games and the technology that made it possible.

My list:
Anime & Manga (and the otaku subculture!)
Japanese Food (couldn't survive without instant noodles!)
Games
Anime and Games merchandise (from plushies and figures to posters and other goodies ^_^)
Non-anime television shows (like the Sentai and Kamen Rider series)
Moe
Eroge and Doujinshi

The RX7. ('~')

Where else in the world would you have the creative freedom that is only apparent in Japan?

Wow, japanese men got 10%?
In my personal experience it wouldn't have reached 1%... :P

Lets see... Pokemon, DDR, and Civics... haha ^_^

Personally for me it would be sushi and anime/games.

Existing would probably be my answer.

TECHNOLOGY

NINJA/SAMURAI/SAMURAI SWORDS

RESPECTFUL CULTURE

CANON CAMERA/DSLR

DOMO KUN!!!!!!!!!!!!! >_< Suki desu!

DANCING STORM TROOPER

BULLET TRAINS

JAPANESE GIRLS

ANIME

LANGUAGE very artistic beautiful linguistics

Cameras, onsen and eroge

Well manga and anime was the start...then the list expanded and won't stop...

CANON - DELIGHTING YOU ALWAYS :)

FOOD

Anime

Manga

Video Games

Fashion - I like Kimono the most!

wow.. toilets beat japanese men.. that's kind of sad..

Giant Robots. Oh not invented yet? Well giant robot anime that got me into it in the first place. Everything else just falls into their respective places :)

senjougahara hitagi! .....

and their rpg games, vocaloid, food, culture, and dollfies!

agree to most of the list there.

- Anime (From all time)
- Japanese RPG (Thanks to Square-Enix)
- Manga (Manga - it's change from Bande Dessinée)
- Sentai (Space Sheriff Gyaban or X-or in France)
- Sushi/Sashimi (With beerS)
- Electronics (camera, TV, and Game System)

1. Anime and Manga
2. Food and Games
3. Electronics
4. Figurines and anime merchandise

blah blah blah...

-Anime (What is it about anime that makes it cool? Difficult to express at times ^^;)
-2D Girls (Personally love the Japanese style of illustrating 2D girls)
-Figures, Nendos and Figmas (Don't have any but will be buying loads when in the near future T_T)
-Sushi (Tastes better with hot Japanese green tea~ Ah yes!)
-Eroge (Play them and the girls are gorgeous)
-Electronics
-Katsudon (If thats how you spell it)

A few modifications to fit my own tastes :)! Thanks Danny, xD.

Japanese School Girl Uniform
Electronics
Cars that get gas mileage greater then my shoesize per gallon
2d girls/eroge
The cute-culture
Hatsune Miku ^_^
Nekomimi
Life sized Gundam/Gigantor

I would say, in a very general sense, art and electronics. In art, everything from the old Japanese motif (edo period specifically)to the modern flavors of Tokyo (Think: Futuristic, modern). In electronics... optics is a big one, but they were huge innovators of computers, radio, and audio (a certain record player).

Anime & manga
Cars
Games
Figures
Music
Technology
Art (Always not confident when drawing)
Food
Cameras
Cute culture

JAPANESE WOMEN!!!! 3D!!!!! XD

Anime, Game, Manga

For general contribution the first one is definitely Electronic stuff.
Next is food.
Anime-manga-eroge.
And Jpop.

I lol'd when i saw japanese women, did they mean JAV or J Idols ?

LOL! Fantastic you have there Danny! ;P

My would be:
Cameras
Figures
Healthcare Products fro Dolphins!
My 3D & 2D Babes (Yeah... in any form)!!

In no particular order (except for No. 1 *ahem*)

1. 嵐 (their music fails pretty well completely, but their TV shows are the highlights of my week)
2. Sushi (agree with you on the tea, Danny)
3. J-dramas (no more than a dozen episodes, so they never last long enough to jump the shark)
4. Games
5. Manga (for when I'm too tired for a wall of text)
6. Wabi sabi <3
7. Care of Appearance (I feel like a hot mess next to the j-girls I saw in Tokyo, Osaka and Hiroshima T_T)
8. Bento culture (I love packing my lunch in cute little boxes now!)

あえて空気を読まない。
「他国に武器を輸出しない」ってのは地味に世界に貢献していると思う。
やっぱりコレ、浮いてるよなぁ(^^;;

My list would be:

1) Katana (have weird fetish for katana)
2) Language
3) Culture
4) Japanese Food
5) Japanese Music
6) Japanese women
7) Anime & Manga
8) Aikido (love how fluid the movement of this martial art)
9) Fashion (no, not those weird japanese fashion sense or cosplay.. but those traditional clothings such as yukata.. another one of those weird fetish that I have ^^;)
10) Final Fantasy (does that count? =x)

Those would be my top 10 choice though I may have missed out some stuff but who cares, Japan rocks!!

Selipar Jepun

*prove me wrong

- Video games!
- Anime & Manga
- Electronics
- Japanese food
In no particular order ^^

my list
the girls "kawaii"
gundams
anime with its ost
games/ps1,2,3/psp
electronics
cars/motorbikes
foods
tokyo, the language, the peaple, the culture, the samurai/ninja, and the katana,
and anything, and everything about japan
so basically all the things about japan lol
XD

Agree with most of these lists but i'm going to have to also throw in traditional Architecture. Which has its origins in China, but Japanese architecture blows my mind. The Joinery and construction is insane.

-sushi,... awesome food in general
-a rich culture in beautiful surroundings
-great technology
-great entertainment
-sharp knives and cool swords
-cuteness and beautiful women.

YEAH.
Don't know if they are all great contributions to the world, but I sure enjoy all the items on that list.

Your dollfie Nanoha looks stunning this morning...she does look very well-rested :)

You got to make sure she doesn't have a wardrobe malfunction...dangerously close in this picture ^^

Lol. I'd have to agree with evrything on here, and also add Japanese engineering, and of course the efficiency of the way they do everything^^

everything as long it's made in japan XD

Almost everything, but I would say car production is at its greatest and always have... Toyota and Honda beat the sales of American and European cars in my place

Everything related to anime & manga(figures,2D girls etc),videogames,technology and JAPANESE WOMEN.

What a pity I can't find any in my country.The only ones I know are old ugly hags

orz

sushi/sushimi. A healthy and delicious way to eat that refreshes the palate instead of clogging it up like Western food.

And anime of course!! I grew up with Voltron, Astro Boy, Battle of the Planets, Kimba the White Lion.

giving birth to Nana Mizuki. nuff said

Electronics, food, manga, anime and things of the sort.

The only safe err... correct answer for me is: My Wife :)

Greatest Japanese Contribution :
technology
anime & manga
cosplay
2D girls
moe-loli
figure
J-music
and...
Suzumiya Haruhi & her SOS-Dan!!

Good contribution:
Technology (1940+ to now)
anime & manga
green technology (2000 to now)
Rediscovery of the true purpose of Buddhism called Nichiren Buddhism (Soka Gakkai International)
Soft power
The culture of respect

Bad contribution:
Cause western contries to lose their colonisation power in Asia
Made other country to create the atomic bomb
Hentai
Comfort Women

Better Art (anime)
Better looking women
Better technology
World Wide media fads and trend (Transformers, Pokemon, Power Rangers, Tamagachi, etc)
and of course, video games

Gotta love Japan

A culture of respect and nonviolence. (First and foremost. I'm sick of hearing of murders and beatings each and every day even in this little town.)
Anime! (What a great way to kill time! Figurines are counted as a part of this)
Manga (Learning a new language whilst reading comics? yay!)
Food. (Asian food overall tends to be more healthy than the western counterparts. Tastier too imho.)
Technology. (All the cool new gadgets and stuff that is constantly flowing out.)

Anime/Manga (whole otaku culture), Visual Novels, Salor Fuku, Food, Girls (both 2D and 3D), Traditions culture and art, Music and Technology

Really love how they've kept so many great traditions and are still able to embrace the future and modern technology

[My simple list]
Anime - Great way to learn the informal language, culture
Manga - Great way to learn subculture
Video games - JRPGs have interesting storylines and incredible music
Japanese Schoolgirls - Self-explanatory
Sushi - Raw fish? Hell yeah.

The good:
* Chambara (Samurai movies)
* Film directors like Kurosawa and Ozu, who helped rebuild live-action Japanese cinema
* Manga (Domo arigatou gozaiimasu, Tezuka-sensei)
* Anime (Domo arigatou gozaiimasu, Tezuka-sensei)
* The modern animation workflow used by most animation producers worldwide, which was created by Hanna-Barbera and Toei Douga in the late 1950s for TV animation
* Compact video systems like Beta, VHS, DVD, miniDV, P2, and AVCHD on SD
* Quality cameras like Canon, Nikon and Pentax (my trusty film SLR was a Pentax)
* The relatively cheap, easy and small Digital Camera you can take anywhere
* Zen Dharma and its influence on the Beat Generation
* Japanese aesthetics
* The IBM ThinkPad computer which, for its run at IBM, was designed at IBM Japan
* Home gaming systems, from the Nintendo Famicom on down
* Asian Ball Joint Dolls/Asian Vinyl Armature Dolls/super-jointed action figures
* Japanese food!!!
* "Superflat" art movement

The bad:
* "Torture Porn" horror movies
* Upskirt photos/video
* Sarariman culture and Karoshi
* Moe and the sexualization of pre-pubescent girls
* The Japanese unwillingness to look at their pervasive gender relations problems and their consequences (low birth rate, hikikkomori, "parasite singles")
* The Japanese unwillingness to look at the flaws in their economic system which has kept their economy in the doldrums -- we here in the US are right behind the Japanese on this score and are likely to have a "Lost Decade" or two of our own.
* Sexism in Japanese culture

-Anime (nothing better than this)
-Manga (Way to know about Japan)
-2D Girls (Most beautiful girl)
-Figures (the murder of wallet,but give a power of life)
-Sushi (Yummy)
-Eroge&Galge (Played after above 11pm)
-Dakimakura (Partner)
-Oppai Mousepads (The way to relax your hand)
-Electronics (BEST ONE!)
-Dollfies (Daughters)
-Cosplay(Usual clothes)
-Music(MIKU MIKU MIKU~~~~!)

- Anime
- Manga / Visual Novels
- 2D Girls
- Video Games
- SNAAAAKKKEEE!!!
- Figures
- Model Kits
- Eroge
- Electronics
- Dollfie Dream

Frankly, there are WAY too many awesome things to list for me, to put it in another way:

Japan = Land of Awesomeness.

Long list of stuff indeed...but likewise agree so....

Well for me its maybe:
-Dollfie/dolls
-VN's
-Tech stuff
-Art(weather its the anime styled ones or the landscape paintings)
-Music
-Akiko Shikata(THE WOMAN IS A WONDER. GODDESS OF MUSIC. No, im not overhyping with text either)

Pretty much most of it i guess lol...

Anime
Panchira
2D girls
Figure
Katana
Comiket
Eroge/visual novels

"Oppai Mousepads (Health care for the wrists)"

Strange, I heard about this. It's only healthy when you don't move your hand.

Begin a former gaming addict I would have to say the PS3. So many hour of my life went into playing. I thank the Japanese, for the best gaming system every created!

In no particular order, but #1 is anime and manga.

Anime and manga because it is so entertaining I guess.
Music, anime opening and endings + original sound track
Sony Playstation 2 and 3. + video games
Canon EOS Kiss.
Ninja, samurai, martial arts.
Fashion
Food
Culture
Language
Nature

There is probably much more that I forgot!

The food no contest.

In particular order ^_^
1) Cinema: Especially Yasujiro OZU and Akira Kurosawa. The directors create the cinema of a country and a lot of good japanese directors contributed in the creation of what we call today "Japanese Cinema". Tokyo Story of Ozu, Seven Samurai of Kurosawa, great masterpieces...
2) Culture: Japanese culture always influences people around the world, from its foods to the notion of respect (including seppuku or hara-kiri), from geishas to samurai...
3) Anime: The japanese "cartoons" showed the whole world what is and what should be a good animated film or series. The japanese anime, all by itself, showed the whole world that cartoons aren't just for the kids, that it shouldn't be just for the kids. And japanese anime directors made every "regular" anime director say "why did I limit myself in a world made of drawings!" Japanese animation has always been and will always be revolutionary.
4) Figures: I collected Spawn figures, Alien figures, etc. etc. But when I saw anime figures/statues/action figures from japanese sculptors, I was shocked. And the Dollfies! What a beautiful and huge contribution to the figure/statue industry! Japanese figures say to the whole world: This is how to sculpt and paint a figure! I think they certainly brought a new look, a new dimension to the notion of figure.
5) Manga: Until the mass production of the japanese manga, cartoons were for "the ones who couldn't read regular books". But when the manga began to show itself to the fans around the world, the genre of cartoons gained some respect, all thanks to manga. And I think manga is far better than a lot of junk cartoons on the market. There are some good ones of course, but they are very few. The drawings and especially the topics are beyond imagination.
6) Technology: Do I have to explain anything? ^_^ Japanese technology is always on top. An example: While in european or american tech commercials we see animation robots, in a japanese tech commercial, we see a real robot walking down the stairs! :D

I love everything on this list. Plus, japanese 3D women. ^^

I don't want to sound like a cheese factor of 10 but,
Japans' greatest contribution to the world is simply being Japan. It's all encompassing to me.
The people, art, language, music, philosophy, FOOD^^, architecture, inventiveness, just everything, too much to list. Also I like the way it seems they encourage to bring to life your dreams without brow beating or scorning you, or it's to say to try and see where it goes, instead of over calculating an idea until it's dead on the table without even trying it in the real world. Which I guess leads to taking bigger risks to try and reach further.....yes that's it.^^

The Nissan GT-R 2010. And sushi.

Japanese Women. (This one's my favorite "contribution" by far, they are unique ^^)
Figures.(Orchid Seed and Alter as my favorite companies)
Electronics.
Videogames.
Anime & Manga.
J-Pop.
Hentai & AV.

OMG!!! O.O has in this poll too toto toilets... lol
My list I is that: Japanese food, japanese cars, anime & manga (Hentai too), Robots, video games, green tea, etc.

- selipar jepun/slippers with y-shape straps. convinient since panties
- the VTEC: it sheds the light to variable cam timings tech
- cheap/affordable casio scientific calculators
- dolls for men
- kotatsu

and bestest of all, japanese wacky ideas/production on niconico

gundam and macross

end of story

Japanese trains are <3
Seriously, the public transportation is wonderful there.
Sure there are some problems in the mornings, but you can get around that!

Japan's greatest contribution in my opinion is the culture, electronics, and the anime.

Food.

Obaachan once said: "The greatest of all inventions in the world pales in comparison with the power of a good home-cooked meal." (Points to sky)

Seriously. I believe that a country's value in the world is based on the cuisine it provides to the world. Styles of cooking and the flavor they inspire are infinitely more important that entertainment and technology; a good food should satisfy the soul as well as fill the stomach.

everything.

Electronics + Anime/Manga.

Everything that made Japan cool (as in Cool Japan).

Anime
Manga
Light Novels
Otaku
Eroge
Lolicon (maybe... and the defiance of Japan...)
The weird things Japan do
Lolita fashion and all the subculture fashion
Food
Otaku/Anime Music
Nico Nico Douga and 2ch
Comiket/Doujinshi and the copyright stuff the Japan way (you're allowed to make fan-made work)
The Holy Places of Japan (Akiba, Nipponbashi, Oosu, Nakano Broadway, Kichijoji, Saitama [Washinomiya Shrine and Satte: all hail Lucky Star])
Fashion Places of Japan (Shibuya and Harajuku)

Weird Entertainment
Funny Dressing People
Funny Food
Swords and Knives and Fighting with a BANZAI!
Tamagotchi - Yeeeeaaah! Betcha ya'll had forgotten 'bout those.
People walking around in huge masses - Simply great for Photos
The sacred art of groping - Chikan - and sniffing panties
Being Japanese

Japanese women are in the results panel too! Way to go!!

Anime
Manga
Games
Pantsu affixation
Toys/Figures
Eroge
Electronics
Food

Toilets are on that list? O_O

The correct answer, of course, is Godzilla.

Seriously though, although it was videogames and anime that first got me interested in Japan, there really are so many aspects of Japanese culture, history, and life beyond popular culture that fascinate me and I think are important contributions to the world.

Japan's greatest contributions?

Technology (rice cooker, CD-rom, cameras, etc.)
Japanese food (people from all over the world can recognise Japanese food)
Culture (Japan has so many preserved historical sites)
Anime and manga
Instant noodles! lol

"-Anime (What is it about anime that makes it cool? Difficult to express at times ^^;)"

I do believe what makes anime so cool, is the fact that the emotions you can express with it is amazing and easy. I draw quite a bit myself ... well, used to anyways, until life kind of ... took priority haha. Well, anyways, I used to draw a lot, and I drew anime/manga because I love how easy it was to create an awesome picture. Combine that with knowledge of dynamic angles, and you've got some pretty sick stuff.

But I honestly believe the greatest thing Japan has contributed to the world (which I toooootally want myself) is the kotatsu. Hands down, best thing ever made <3

... And I guess Clannad. Haha~

Well ...
In no particular order.

1. Shinkansen Super-Express.
2. Gokuri Grapefruit.
3. SONY.
4. Bonsai
5. Aesthetics.
6. Mazda RX-8 (mine is sadly now gone).
7. Strawberry Shortcake as sold in Italian Tomato Cafe Jnr.
8. Those astonishingly beautiful and diminutive girls ...

Anime (got me into Japan), J-Pop (got me even more into Japan), electronics, cameras, figures, some legendary game consoles and games, Japanese comedy shows, Idols, Shinto, cosplay, ......

Well to me, here is the list,

1.Anime(Drive me to draw the most. Either Ecchi or Normal style)
2.Manga(Another factor of my desire of drawing.Again either Ecchi or Normal style)
3.Eroge(Mature content but cool, especially the moe style and the coloring)
4.Technology(Suzuki motorbike!)
5.Language(Love to speak the language)
6.Dollfie(Just heard this yesterday and they look so real,not to mention they are dolls)
7.Food(Would like Ramen, Sushi and maybe, Udon?)
8.Dakimakura(Wanna hug them so much >_<)
9.2D Girls(Easier for me to illustrate my own style artwork)
10.Video Game(Love the game so much)
11.Music(Very balanced type of music, neither too noisy nor too boring)
12.Japanese friends(I just like to know them more and try to socialize like everybody in the world)