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Location
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Located in Eastern Asia, Japan is an island
chain situated between the North Pacific
Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the
Korean peninsula
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Capital
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Tokyo
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Surface
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377,750 sq km
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Population
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Japanese 125,770,000 people
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Currency
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Japan Yen (JPY)
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GDP
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Purchasing
power parity - $3.30 trillion
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GDP/capita
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Purchasing
power parity - $27,000 (2002 est.)
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Language
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Japanese
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Religion
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90% Shinto and Buddhism - 10% others Incl.
Christianity
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Government
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The
Head of State - Emperor Akihito - Prime
Minister Junichiro Koizumi
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Time
Zone
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Greenwich Mean Time +9 hours
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Telecom
Code
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+81 and local 9 digit number
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Airport
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Hiroshima International Airport (HIJ/RJOA)
- Osaka-Kansai International Airport Co
Ltd (KIX/RJBB) - Sendai International Airport
(SDJ/RJSS) - Tokyo-Narita Int´l Airport
(NRT/RJAA)
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Driving
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On right hand side of the road, license
required
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Electrical
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100V-50 Hz (in Tokyo and eastern Japan)
- 60 Hz (in western Japan)
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Political
climate
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Stable country
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