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Capital Japan : |
Tokyo .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Japan :
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| Climate Japan :
| varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north .
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| Life expectancy Japan :
| 81.04 years .
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| Fertility rate Japan :
| 1.38 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Japan :
| constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government .
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| Population Japan :
| 127,333,002 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Japan :
| 377,835 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Japan :
| 71.149 million (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Japan :
| 86,658,600 (2003) .
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| International Country Code Japan :
| 81.
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| Sex ratio total Japan :
| 0.96 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Japan ratio under 15 :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Japan ratio 15 64 :
| 1.01 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Japan ratio 65 :
| 0.72 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Japan :
| $135.9 billion (2003) |
| HIV Japan :
| less than 0.1% (2003 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Japan :
| NA |
| Literacy Japan :
| 99% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Japan :
| 4,80% |
| House hold income highest than 10% Japan :
| 21.7% (1993) |
| Inflation Japan :
| -0.3% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Japan :
| 5.3% (2003) |
| Internet Users Japan :
| 57.2 million (2002) |
| Location Japan :
| Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula |
| Geographic Coordinates Japan :
| 36 00 N, 138 00 E |
| Religion Japan :
| observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) |
| Administrative region Japan :
| 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 |
| Terrain Japan :
| mostly rugged and mountainous |
| Elevation extremes lowest Japan :
| Hachiro-gata -4 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Japan :
| Mount Fuji 3,776 m |
| Natural resources Japan :
| negligible mineral resources, fish |
| Land use arable land Japan :
| 12,19% |
| Land use permanentcrops Japan :
| 0,96% |
| Irrigated land Japan :
| 26,790 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Japan :
| many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors) every year; tsunamis; typhoons |
| Environment current issues Japan :
| air pollution from power plant emissions results in acid rain; acidification of lakes and reservoirs degrading water quality and threatening aquatic life; Japan is one of the largest consumers of fish and tropical timber, contributing to the depletion of these resources in Asia and elsewhere |
| Geography note Japan :
| strategic location in northeast Asia |
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