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 | |  | | About Japan: |
 | Location: Asia
Status: UN Country
Capital City: Tokyo (Tõkyõ)
Main Cities: Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kyoto
Population: 125,422,000
Area: 377,800 km2
Currency: 1 yen = 100 sen
Languages: Japanese, Korean, Chinese
Religions: Shinto, Buddhist, Christian |
| More about Japan: an archipelago and empire in E Asia, extending for 3200 km (2000 miles) between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific and consisting of the main islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu and over 3000 smaller islands: feudalism abolished in 1871, followed by industrialization and expansion of territories, esp during World Wars I and II, when most of SE Asia came under Japanese control; dogma of the emperor's divinity abolished in 1946 under a new democratic constitution; rapid economic growth has made Japan the most industrialized nation in the Far East. Official language: Japanese. Religion: Shintoist majority, large Buddhist minority. Currency: yen. Capital: Tokyo. Pop.: 127 799 000 (2004 est.). Area: 369 660 sq. km (142 726 sq. miles) Japanese names: Nippon, Nihon |
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