Japan’s hottest keywords for 2010

December 10th, 2010By Category: Culture

It’s the end of the year and with that, come end-of-the-year-lists.

We already got started with one on Japan’s top products, another one on next year’s top products and now Google, whose latest ad video we looked at too, has released their list of Japan’s most popular keywords for the past 12 months.

Google highlights the World Cup, iPad in Japan, the meaning of hit movie Inception and comedian Takashi Okamura among the top terms. Others of note: Justin Bieber, K-pop band Girls Generation (pic), rare earths, vuvuzela and the meaning of ‘Galapagos.’ Overall, however, the most common search for terms are what you expect, primarily people looking for popular web services, though it is perhaps interesting to note that Youtube beat Yahoo and Facebook came out on top of mixi.

Below, the fastest-rising queries:

> iPad

> Sony Xperia

> Rakuten Bank

> GeGeGe no Nyobo

> AKB48 Election

Top 5 people queries:

> Takashi Okamura (comedian)

> Tomomi Itano (AKB48)

> Yuko Ooshima (AKB48)

> Daisuke Takahashi (Athlete)

> Keisuke Honda (Football)

> Atsuko Maeda (AKB48)

Top 5 News queries

> World Cup

> Hayabusa

> Sky Tree

> Eco Point

> Ibaraki Airport

More at the official Google Zeitgeist site.

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GaijinPot

GaijinPot is an online community for foreigners living in Japan, providing information on everything you need to know about enjoying life here, from finding a job and accommodation to having fun.

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Comments

  • big says:

    I would phuk em in da asss

  • Girls Generation was mentioned by Google? I guess the group has become one of the fast rising stars in Asia.

  • Girls Generation was mentioned by Google? I guess the group has become one of the fast rising stars in Asia.

  • Sumo says:

    the photo is good toss material and I would cover them all in jizz

  • Cheeky says:

    AKB48 Election

    Oh the classic R and L error.

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