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Japan

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Background :

In 1603, after decades of civil warfare, the Tokugawa shogunate (a military-led, dynastic government) ushered in a long period of relative political stability and isolation from foreign influence. For more than two centuries this policy enabled Japan to enjoy a flowering of its indigenous culture. Japan opened its ports after signing the Treaty of Kanagawa with the US in 1854 and began to intensively modernize and industrialize. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Japan became a regional power that was able to defeat the forces of both China and Russia. It occupied Korea, Formosa (Taiwan), and southern Sakhalin Island. In 1931-32 Japan occupied Manchuria, and in 1937 it launched a full-scale invasion of China. Japan attacked US forces in 1941 - triggering America's entry into World War II - and soon occupied much of East and Southeast Asia. After its defeat in World War II, Japan recovered to become an economic power and an ally of the US. While the emperor retains his throne as a symbol of national unity, elected politicians hold actual decision-making power. Following three decades of unprecedented growth, Japan's economy experienced a major slowdown starting in the 1990s, but the country remains a major economic power. In January 2009, Japan assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2009-10 term. 

Location :

Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula 

Geographic Coordinates Center :

36 00 N, 138 00 E  (Latitude, Longtitude)

Geographic Coordinates Rectangle :

West 122.94
North 45.52
East 145.82
South 24.25

Area :

total 377 915 square km
land 364 485 square km
water 13 430 square km

Coastline :

29751.00 km

Climate :

varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north 

Terrain :

mostly rugged and mountainous 

Elevation extremes :

lowest point 4 metres
highest point 3 776 metres

Land use :

arable land 11.64 %
permanent crops 0.90 %
other 87.46 %

Irrigated land :

25 920 square km

Natural hazards :

active volcanoes seismic occurrences
tsunamis typhoons

current issues :

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 

international agreements :

Antarctic Seals Antarctic Treaty
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol Antarctic-Marine Living Resources
Biodiversity Climate Change
Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol Desertification
Endangered Species Environmental Modification
Hazardous Wastes Law of the Sea
Marine Dumping Ozone Layer Protection
Ship Pollution Tropical Timber 83
Tropical Timber 94 Wetlands
Whaling

Population :

127 078 679 

Indicators :

Growth rate -0.19 %
Birth rate 7.64 births/1,000 population
Total fertility rate 1.21 children born/woman
Death rate 9.54 deaths/1,000 population

Age structure :

0-14 years 13.50 %
15-64 years 64.30 %
65 years and over 22.20 %

Median age :

total 44.20 years
male 42.40 years
female 46.10 years

Sex ratio :

at birth 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over 0.74 male(s)/female
total population 0.95 male(s)/female

Health :

Infant mortality rate 2.79 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth - total population 82.12 years
Life expectancy at birth - male 78.80 years
Life expectancy at birth - female 85.62 years
HIV-AIDS adult prevalence rate 0.10 %
HIV-AIDS people living with HIV-AIDS 9 600
HIV-AIDS deaths 100

Religions :

Shintoism 83.90 %
Buddhism 71.40 %
Christianity 2.00 %
other 7.80 %

Languages :

Japanese  

Literacy :

total population 99.00 %
male 99.00 %
female 99.00 %

Country name :

conventional short form Japan
local long form Nihon-koku/Nippon-koku
local short form Nihon/Nippon

Country Codes :

ISO 3166 JP
ISO Numeric 392
ISO3 JPN
FIPS JA
ccTLD jp
English Japan

Administrative divisions :

47 prefectures; Aichi, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Gunma, 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 

Capital :

name Tokyo
geographic coordinates 35 41 N, 139 45 E
time difference 9.00

International organization participation :

ADB APEC
APT ARF
ASEAN (dialogue partner) AfDB (nonregional member)
Australia Group BIS
CE (observer) CERN (observer)
CICA (observer) CP
EAS EBRD
FAO FATF
G-10 G-20
G-5 G-7
G-8 IADB
IAEA IBRD
ICAO ICC
ICCt ICRM
IDA IEA
IFAD IFC
IFRCS IHO
ILO IMF
IMO IMSO
IOC IOM
IPU ISO
ITSO ITU
ITUC Interpol
LAIA MIGA
NEA NSG
OAS (observer) OECD
OPCW OSCE (partner)
PCA PIF (partner)
Paris Club SAARC (observer)
SECI (observer) UN
UN Security Council (temporary) UNCTAD
UNDOF UNESCO
UNHCR UNIDO
UNMIS UNRWA
UNWTO UPU
WCO WFTU
WHO WIPO
WMO WTO
ZC

National holiday :

Birthday of Emperor AKIHITO

1933-12-23

Executive branch :

Emperor AKIHITO Prime Minister Yukio HATOYAMA

Legislative branch :

LDP 26.70 %
Komeito 11.50 %
JCP 7.00 %
SDP 4.30 %
others 8.10 %

GDP - Gross Domestic product :

PPP - Purchasing Power Parity 4 141 000 000 000 $
Official Exchange Rate 5 049 000 000 000
RGR - Real Growth rate -5.70 %
PPP - per capita 32 600 $

GDP Composition by sector :

agriculture 1.60 %
industry 23.10 %
services 75.40 %

Labor force - by occupation :

agriculture 4.00 %
industry 28.00 %
services 68.00 %

Other Indicators :

Labor force 65 930 000 people
Unemployment rate 5.60 %
Distribution of family income - Gini index 38.10
Inflation rate (consumer prices) -1.30 %
Investment (gross fixed) 20.20 % of GDP
Current account balance 131 199 999 999 $
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 1 010 999 999 999 $
Debt external 2 132 000 000 000 $
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad 726 500 000 000 $
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home 205 400 000 000 $
Market value of publicly traded shares 4 453 000 000 000 $
Military expenditures 0.80 % of GDP
Public debt 192.10 % of GDP

Household income or consumption by percentage share :

lowest 10% 4.80 %
highest 10% 21.70 %

Budget :

revenues 1 614 000 000 000 $
expenditures 1 997 000 000 000 $

Agriculture - products :

dairy eggs
fish fruits
pork poultry
rice sugar beets
vegetables

Industries :

chemicals electronic equipment
machine tools motor vehicles
processed foods ships
steel and nonferrous metals textiles

Energy :

Electricity Production 957 900 000 000 kWh
Electricity Consumption 925 500 000 000 kWh
Oil Production 133 100 bbl/day
Oil Consumption 4 785 000 bbl/day
Oil Exports 268 300 bbl/day
Oil Imports 5 263 000 bbl/day
Oil Proved reserves 44 120 000 bbl
Natural gas Production 5 360 000 000 cubic metres
Natural gas Consumption 101 100 000 000 cubic metres
Natural gas Imports 95 390 000 000 cubic metres
Electricity Exports 20 900 000 000 cubic metres

Value :

516 299 999 999 $

Partners :

United States (us) 17.80 %
China (cn) 16.00 %
South Korea 7.60 %
Tawian 5.90 %
Hong Kong (hk) 5.10 %

Commodities :

chemicals electrical machinery
motor vehicles semiconductors
transportation equipment

Value :

490 600 000 000 $

Commodities :

chemicals foodstuffs
fuels machinery and equipment
raw materials textiles

Communications :

Telephons Main lines in use 47 579 000
Telephons Mobile, Cellular 110 395 000
FM Radio broadcast stations 89
Television broadcast stations 211
Internet Country code (ccTLD) jp
Internet Hosts 47 249 000
Internet Users 90 910 000

Transportation :

Airports with paved runways 144
Heliports 15
Pipelines - gas 3 879 km
Pipelines - oil 167 km
Roadways - total 1 203 777 km
Roadways - expressways 7 560 km
Roadways - paved 961 366 km
Roadways - unpaved 242 411 km
Railways 26 435 km
Waterways 1 770 km

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