Prime Ministers of Japan Bingo Cards

Japanese Prime Ministers Bingo Card

These cards are about Japanese Prime Ministers. Japan's prime ministers are chosen by the party (or coalition) which wins control of the Diet (national legislature) in an election. These include words like Abe Shinzo, Hashimoto Ryutaro, Ishibashi Tanzan, Koizumi Junichiro, and Obuchi Keizo.

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Words List For Japanese Prime Ministers Bingo Cards

Abe Shinzo Ashida Hitoshi Aso Taro Fukuda Takeo Fukuda Yasuo
Hashimoto Ryutaro Hatoyama Ichiro Hatoyama Yukio Hosokawa Morihiro Ikeda Hayato
Ishibashi Tanzan Kaifu Toshiki Kan Naoto Katayama Tetsu Kishi Nobusuke
Koizumi Junichiro Miki Takeo Miyazawa Kiichi Mori Yoshiro Nakasone Yasuhiro
Obuchi Keizo Ohira Masayoshi Sato Eisaku Suzuki Zenko Tanaka Kakuei
Uno Sosuke Yoshida Shigeru



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  2. Give one card to each player.
  3. Call off words randomly, for example by using a call list. You can either just say a word, like "Kan Naoto", or you can make up a more involved clue involving Kan Naoto.
  4. When a word is called, each player should find it and mark it.
  5. The first player(s) to clear five words in any direction (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) wins a small prize.

Notes: How long a bingo game lasts depends on what pace you read the clues at and how many players you have. If you read faster, such as for older or more experienced students, or if you have more players, the game tends to end more quickly. In general, I suggest allocating between twenty and thirty minutes to a bingo game. Since they can potentially end as early as the fourth word called, though that is quite rare, I encourage you to keep playing in the event of the game being over earlier than you expected it to be. Almost 90% of bingo games with a 25 word list and 25 players will see their first bingo within 7 to 11 words being called.