| Population :
| 127,333,002 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 14,30%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 9 337 867.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 8 876 996.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 66,70%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 42 697 264.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 42 196 835.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 19%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 10 169 190.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 14 054 850.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 42.3 years .
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| Median age male :
| 40.5 years .
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| Median age female :
| 44.1 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 0.08% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 9.56 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 8.75 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 1.01 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.72 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 0.96 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 3.54 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 3 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 81.04 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 77.74 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 84.51 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 1.38 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| less than 0.1% (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids people :
| 12,000 (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| 500 (2003 est.) .
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| Nationality noun :
| Japanese (singular and plural) .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Japanese .
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| Ethnic groups :
| Japanese 99%, others 1% (Korean 511,262, Chinese 244,241, Brazilian 182,232, Filipino 89,851, other 237,914) .
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| Religions :
| observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) .
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| Languages :
| Japanese .
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| Literacy definition :
| age 15 and over can read and write .
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| Literacy total :
| 99%.
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| Literacy male :
| 99%.
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| Literacy female :
| 99% (2002) .
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| Government type :
| constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government .
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| Independence :
| 660 BC (traditional founding by Emperor Jimmu) .
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| National holiday :
| Birthday of Emperor AKIHITO, 23 December (1933) .
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| Suffrage :
| 20 years of age; universal .
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| Economy overview :
| Government-industry cooperation, a strong work ethic, mastery of high technology, and a comparatively small defense allocation (1% of GDP) helped Japan advance with extraordinary rapidity to the rank of second most technologically-powerful economy in the .
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| Population below poverty line :
| NA .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| agriculture 5%, industry 25%, services 70% (2002 est.) .
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| Agriculture products :
| rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit, pork, poultry, dairy products, eggs, fish .
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| Industries :
| among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods .
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| Exports commodities :
| motor vehicles, semiconductors, office machinery, chemicals .
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| Exports partners :
| US 24.8%, China 12.1%, South Korea 7.3%, Taiwan 6.6%, Hong Kong 6.3% (2003 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Birthday of Emperor AKIHITO, 23 December (1933) .
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| Imports partners :
| Birthday of Emperor AKIHITO, 23 December (1933) .
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| Internet users :
| 57.2 million (2002) .
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| Hymne :
| .
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