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Japan |
General
Profile
Location: Eastern Asia, island chain
between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan,
east of the Korean Peninsula Area: total: 377,835 sq km
land: 374,744 sq km water: 3,091 sq km Climate: varies
from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
Terrian: mostly rugged and mountainous Capital: Tokyo
Administrative divisions: 47 prefectures; Aichi, Akita,
Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu,
Gumma, Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Hyogo, Ibaraki, Ishikawa,
Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kochi, Kumamoto,
Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi, Miyazaki, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nara,
Niigata, Oita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga, Saitama,
Shiga, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo,
Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi,
Yamanashi Population: 127,417,244 (2005 est.) Ethnic
groups: Japanese 99%, other 1% Nationality: noun:
Japanese (singular and plural) adjective: Japanese
Languages: Japanese Religions: Shinto and Buddhist 84%,
other 16% Literacy: 99.0% |
Political
Profile
Government type: constitutional
monarchy with a parliamentary government Executive
branch: • chief of state: Emperor AKIHITO (since January
1989) • head of government: Prime Minister Junichiro
KOIZUMI (since April 2001) • cabinet: Cabinet appointed
by the prime minister National Holiday: birthday of
Emperor AKIHITO, 23 December (1933) ACD Member: ACD
Member since 2002 Prime Mover (PM) on Working Group:
Environmental Education , Strengthening Legal
Infrastructure Co-Prime Mover on Working Group: None
Japan government official web site : www.kentei.go.jp
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Economical
Profile
Currency (code): yen (JPY) GDP: $3.867
trillion (2005 est.) GDP per capita: $30,400 (2005 est.)
Exports - commodities: transport equipment, motor
vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery,
chemicals Exports - partners: US , China , South Korea ,
Taiwan , Hong Kong Imports - commodities: machinery and
equipment, fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, raw
materials Imports - partners: China , US , South Korea ,
Australia , Indonesia , Saudi Arabia , UAE Agriculture -
products: rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit, pork,
poultry, dairy products, eggs, fish Industries: among
world’s largest and technologically advanced producers
of motorvihicles, electronic equipment, machine tools,
steel and nonferrous metals, ship, chemicals, textile,
processed food Source : The World Fact Book 2005
(www.cia.gov) | |
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