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Japan
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Japan
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Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku
Flag
Imperial Seal
Anthem:
Kimigayo
(???)
Government Seal of Japan
??? (Go-Shichi no Kiri?)
Capital
(and largest city)
Tokyo (de facto)
35°41'N 139°46'E? / ?35.683°N 139.767°E? / 35.683; 139.767
Official language(s)
None
Recognised regional languages
Aynu itak, Ryukyuan languages, Eastern Japanese, Western Japanese, and several other Japanese dialects
National language
Japanese
Ethnic groups
98.5% Japanese, 0.5% Korean, 0.4% Chinese, 0.6% other
Demonym
Japanese
Government
Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
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Emperor
Akihito
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Prime Minister
Yoshihiko Noda
Legislature
Diet
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Upper house
House of Councillors
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Lower house
House of Representatives
Formation
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National Foundation Day
11 February 660 BC
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Meiji Constitution
29 November 1890
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Current constitution
3 May 1947
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Treaty of
San Francisco
28 April 1952
Area
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Total
377,944 km2 (62nd)
145,925 sq mi
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Water (%)
0.8
Population
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2011 estimate
127,799,000 (10th)
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2010 census
128,056,026
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Density
337.1/km2 (36th)
873.1/sq mi
GDP (PPP)
2011 estimate
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Total
$4.440 trillion (4th)
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Per capita
$34,739 (25th)
GDP (nominal)
2011 estimate
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Total
$5.869 trillion (3rd)
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Per capita
$45,920 (18th)
Gini
37.6 (2008)
HDI (2011)
0.901 (very high) (12th)
Currency
Yen (¥) / En (? or ?) (JPY)
Time zone
JST (UTC+9)
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Summer (DST)
not observed (UTC+9)
Date formats
yyyy-mm-dd
yyyy?m?d?
Era yy?m?d? (CE-1988)
Drives on the
left
ISO 3166 code
JP
Internet TLD
.jp
Calling code
81
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Japan i/d??'pæn/ (Japanese: ?? Nihon or Nippon; formally ??? Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku, literally the State of Japan) is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun".Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku, together accounting for ninety-seven percent of Japan's land area. Japan has the world's tenth-largest population, with over 127 million people. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the de facto capital city of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures, is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 30 million residents.Archaeological research indicates that people lived in Japan as early as the Upper Paleolithic period. The first written mention of Japan is in Chinese history texts from the 1st century AD. Influence from other nations followed by long periods of isolation has characterized Japan's history. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, victory in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War and World War I allowed Japan to expand its empire during a period of increasing militarism. The Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937 expanded into part of World War II in 1941, which came to an end in 1945 following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Since adopting its revised constitution in 1947, Japan has maintained a unitary constitutional monarchy with an emperor and an elected legislature called the Diet.A major economic power, Japan has the world's third-largest economy by nominal GDP and fourth-largest economy by purchasing power parity. It is also the world's fourth-largest exporter and fourth-largest importer. Although Japan has officially renounced its right to declare war, it maintains a modern military force in self-defense and peacekeeping roles. After Singapore, Japan has the lowest homicide rate (including attempted homicide) in the world. According to both UN and WHO estimates, Japan has the longest life expectancy of any country in the world. According to the UN, it has the third lowest infant mortality rate.
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