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Google operates hundreds of domain names for different regions around the world, from Australia (google.com.au) to  Zimbabwe (google.co.zw). And searching for the same keyword throws up different results depending on which country Google thinks you’re in.

So what happens when you search “Japan” in different countries’ Google Image Search? To find out, a curious Japanese netizen did exactly that. The image results reveal a little bit about how each country sees Japan – some just might surprise you!

Each Google Image search was done in the country’s own main language, so that for example, on Google France the search term was “Japon”, and on Google Brazil it was “Japao”.

▼ United States

America
▼ Africa

Africa

(The rest are actually countries, not continents, I promise.)

▼ Brazil

Brazil

China

Maps, subway plans, and Doraemon!

China

  Finland

Robots, CGI imagery, and stationery.

Finland

Sweden

Sweden

▼ Taiwan

Taiwan

▼  Thailand

Thailand

▼ Vietnam

Vietnam
France

France

 Germany

Germany

India

india

Mexico

Mexico

Norway

It’s all doom and gloom really, with whaling and disasters heavily featured.

Norway

Russia

Back to light relief in Russia with this colourful floral set of results.

Russia

 Saudi Arabia

Pictures of schoolkids learning and cleaning the school bathrooms shows a keen interest in the Japanese education system.

Saudi Arabia

South Korea

The most popular results from South Korea were also, erm, fairly specialised:

Korea

Source and images: VIPPER Sokuho
Thanks for the extra image, Vedha!