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Japan

State of Japan
Shinjitai : 日本国
Kyujitai: 日本國
Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku
Flag Imperial Seal
Anthem
Play sound
Kimi ga Yo instrumental.ogg

Kimigayo (君が代?)
Government Seal:
Seal of the Office of the Prime Minister and the Government of Japan
Paulownia (五七桐 Go-Shichi no Kiri?)
Capital
(and largest city)
Tokyo (de facto)
35°41′N 139°46′E / 35.683°N 139.767°E / 35.683; 139.767
Official language(s) None[1]
Recognised regional languages Aynu itak, Eastern Japanese, Western Japanese, Ryukyuan, and several other Japanese dialects
National language

National Scripts

Japanese

Kanji
Hiragana
Katakana
Ethnic groups  98.5% Japanese, 0.5% Korean, 0.4% Chinese, 0.6% other[2]
Demonym Japanese
Government Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
 -  Emperor Akihito
 -  Prime Minister Naoto Kan (DPJ)
Legislature National Diet
 -  Upper House House of Councillors
 -  Lower House House of Representatives
Formation
 -  National Foundation Day February 11, 660 BC[3] 
 -  Meiji Constitution November 29, 1890 
 -  Current constitution May 3, 1947 
 -  Treaty of
San Francisco

April 28, 1952 
Area
 -  Total 377,944 km2 [4](61st)
145,925 sq mi 
 -  Water (%) 0.8
Population
 -  2010 estimate 127,360,000[5] (10th)
 -  2004 census 127,333,002 
 -  Density 337.1/km2 (36th)
873.1/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2010 estimate
 -  Total $4.267 trillion[6] (3rd)
 -  Per capita $33,478[6] (23rd)
GDP (nominal) 2010 estimate
 -  Total $5.273 trillion[6] (2nd)
 -  Per capita $41,366[6] (17th)
Gini  38.1 (2002)[7] 
HDI (2007) increase 0.884[8] (very high) (11th)
Currency International Symbol ¥ Pronounced (Yen)
Japanese Symbol (or in Traditional Kanji) Pronounced (En) (JPY)
Time zone JST (UTC+9)
 -  Summer (DST) not observed (UTC)
Date formats yyyy-mm-dd
yyyy年m月d日
Era yy年m月d日 (CE−1988)
Drives on the left
ISO 3166 code JP
Internet TLD .jp
Calling code 81
Japan (/dʒəˈpæn/  ( listen); Japanese: 日本 Nihon or Nippon), officially the State of Japan (日本国

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