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| |image=[[File:MKT Tokyo Blur Scene.jpg|250px]]<br>Tokyo, the capital of Japan, in ''Mario Kart Tour''
| | '''[[Wikipedia:Japan|Japan]]''' is an island country in [[Asia]], [[Earth]], where [[Nintendo]] of Japan is located and where many [[Mario (series)|Mario]] games are made. Japan also made an appearance in ''[[NES Open Tournament Golf]]'' as one of the playable countries a long with the [[United States of America]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. It also appearted in ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' where [[Luigi]] had to go here, more specifically [[Tokyo]]. |
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| |capital=[[Tokyo]]
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| |inhabitants=Humans
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| |first_appearance=''[[Golf: Japan Course]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]])
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| |latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' (''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'') ([[List of games by date#2022|2022]])
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| '''{{wp|Japan}}''' (Japanese: '''日本'''; Rōmaji: ''Nihon'' or ''Nippon''; Ainu: '''ニホン'''; Katakanized English: '''ジャパン''') is an island country on the Asian continent of [[Earth]]. Japan's first debut in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] was in ''[[Golf: Japan Course]]''; however, only a map of the country is seen on the title screen. Japan's first full appearance was in ''[[NES Open Tournament Golf]]'' as one of the playable countries; other real world countries, including the [[United States of America]] and the [[United Kingdom]], likewise debuted in the ''Mario'' universe the same game. Japan's capital, [[Tokyo]], has been featured in several ''Mario'' games, including in ''[[Mario is Missing! (PC)|Mario is Missing!]]'' as one of the locations [[Luigi]] visits, as the [[Tour Tokyo Blur|Tokyo Blur]] race course in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' and the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'' for ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'', and as the host city in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020]]'' and its [[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Arcade Edition|arcade port]].
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| Outside of the ''Mario'' universe, Japan's city of Kyoto is the headquarters of [[Nintendo]]. As such, many of the ''Mario'' games are developed there.
| | == Trivia == |
| | *In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', in [[Water Land]], on the island where the [[castle]] is, the island is shaped like Japan. Also, the castle is located right where the Nintendo of Japan Headquarters in Kyoto would be if the island was in fact really Japan. |
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| ==Gallery==
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| NOTP JP Hole 13.png|Hole 13 of the Japan course in ''NES Open Tournament Golf''
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| |Jap=日本
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| |JapR=Nihon<br>Nippon
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| |JapM=Japan
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| |Spa=Japón
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| |SpaM=Japan
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| |Fre=Japon
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| |FreM=Japan
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| |Ger=Japan
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| |GerM=Japan
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| |Ita=Giappone
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| |ItaM=Japan
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| |Rom=Japonia
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| |RomM=Japan
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| |Rus=Япония
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| |RusR=Yaponiya
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| |RusM=Japan
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| |Kor=일본
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| |KorR=Ilbon
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| |KorM=Japan
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| |Chi=日本
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| |ChiR=Rìběn
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| |ChiM=Japan
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| |Por=Japão
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| |PorM=Japan
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| ==Trivia==
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| [[File:PMTTYD JP How Many Feet Pun.png|thumb|250px|The pun]] | |
| *In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' in [[Water Land]], on the island where the [[castle]] is, the island is shaped like Japan. Also, the castle is located right where the Nintendo of Japan Headquarters in Kyoto would be if the island were really Japan.
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| *In the Japanese version of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', Question 3 in the [[66th Trivia Quiz-Off]] has the choices "４本" (4 feet), "６本" (6 feet), "８本" (8 feet), and "日本," where "日本" looks similar to the previous choices that make sense but means Japan. Its English version is "4 feet, 6 feet, 8 feet, Defeat."
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