Quote Originally Posted by Maciamo
That's not odd. Japanese people are usually so bad at geography that 44% of the university students don't know where Iraq is , although it's one of the most talked about country in the world since Saddam came to power in 1979, and especially since the Gulf War of 1991 and again 2 years ago.

The same article also says that 7% of Japanese highscool students can't find the USA on a world map !!
WHAT ABOUT AMERICANS?

Among 18- to 24-year-old Americans given maps:

87 percent cannot find Iraq
83 percent cannot find Afghanistan
76 percent cannot find Saudi Arabia
70 percent cannot find New Jersey
49 percent cannot find New York
11 percent cannot find the United States