▁tested ▁the ▁applic ability ▁of ▁a ▁translated ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁VI A - IS ▁to ▁a ▁sample ▁in ▁Japan . ▁ ▁The ▁research ers ▁admin ister ed ▁the ▁VI A - IS ▁to ▁ 3 0 8 ▁young ▁adult s ▁from ▁Japan ▁and ▁ 1 0 9 9 ▁young ▁adult s ▁from ▁the ▁U . S . ▁ ▁The ▁scient ists ▁translated ▁the ▁VI A - IS ▁into ▁Japanese ▁and ▁then ▁back ▁to ▁English ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁be ▁exam ined ▁by ▁the ▁original ▁cre ators ▁of ▁the ▁VI A - IS . ▁ ▁They ▁confirmed ▁that ▁the ▁Japanese ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁VI A - IS ▁demonstrated ▁face ▁valid ity , ▁test - re test ▁reli ability ▁and ▁internal ▁consist ency ▁before ▁admin ister ing ▁it ▁to ▁young ▁adult s . ▁ ▁The ▁research ers ▁found ▁that ▁top - rank ed ▁strength s ▁( in ▁terms ▁of ▁pre val ence ) ▁for ▁young ▁adult s ▁in ▁Japan , ▁were ▁similar ▁to ▁those ▁of ▁young ▁adult s ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁ ▁The ▁percentage ▁of ▁people ▁who ▁scored ▁high ▁or ▁low ▁on ▁each ▁character ▁strength ▁were ▁similar ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁countries . ▁ ▁Moreover , ▁the ▁scient ists ▁did ▁not ▁find ▁a ▁significant ▁variation ▁in ▁the ▁pattern ▁of ▁gender ▁differences ▁between ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁Japan . ▁Women ▁in ▁both ▁countries ▁were ▁more ▁likely ▁than ▁men ▁to ▁score ▁highly ▁on ▁the ▁strength s ▁of ▁kind ness , ▁love , ▁grat itude , ▁team work ▁and ▁appreci ation ▁of ▁beauty , ▁whereas ▁men ▁in