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Published on Wednesday, 01 December 2010 16:53

Written by Film Festival Traveler Staff

State of Japan Shinjitai : 日本国 Kyujitai: 日本國 Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku
Flag Imperial Seal
Anthem:  Kimigayo (君が代?)
Government Seal: 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)		0.884[8] (very high) (11th)
Currency		International Symbol ¥ Pronounced (Yen) Japanese Symbol 円 (or 圓 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

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