Name : JAPAN      
                                                                           

Location:  located  in  north-east Asia,  Japan is  made  of  four  main  islands  (Honshu  -  231 000  km2,  Hokkaido - 83,000  km2  Kyushu and  Shikoku -19 000 -42 000  km2 km² )   and 3,000  small  islands.

 

Climate: air  masses  from the  Pacific  Ocean   generate  high  levels  of  temperature  ( above  30  degrees  Celsius  in  the   center  of  the country )  and  humidity  in  June,  July  and  August.  Place  heavy  winter  snow  falls,  with  especially  on  the  west  coast

 

Japan relief:  mountainous  relief  at  a  rate  of  over  65%  of  the  total  area, about  200  volcanoes,  of  which  109  are  still  active.  The  highest  peak  is Mount Fuji,  3776  m.

 

Neighbours:  Asian  territory  is  closest to  the  Korean  Peninsula located 200  km  away,  having  no  land  borders  with  other  countries.  Closest  neighbors  are:  Eastern  Russia in  the  north-west  over  the  sea  of Okhotsk  and  Japan,  South  Korea  and  North  Korea  in the  west,  across  the Straits  of  Korea,  China  and  Taiwan in  the  south-west  over  East China  Sea.

 

Official language: Japanese
 
Capital: Tokyo - 35 ° 41 'N, 139 ° 46' E (12,570,000 site)
 
Area: 377.873 km²
 

Density: 340 inhabitants per km²
 

Population: 127,076,183 inhabitants. (# 10) of which over 99% of Japanese nationality, most numerous are the citizens of other nationalities: Korean, 636,000, 135,000 Americans, Europeans and Chinese-70.000-15.000
 

Currency: Japanese yen (JPY, ¥)
 
GDP: Total $ 3800 billion (# 30)
 
Time zone: UTC 9
 
Internet domain:. Jp

 

Area code: +81
 

Religion: main religions are Buddhism and Shinto. Usually marks the birth of the Japanese Shinto ceremony, marriage ceremony by Shinto and Catholic, and  death by Buddhist ceremony.
 
National Day: December 23, the birthday of His Majesty Emperor Akihito
 
Form of government: constitutional monarchy

 

 

Head of State: His Majesty, Emperor Akihito
 
Prime Minister: Naoto Kan (July 3, 2010)
 
Legislative power: the  Parliament (Diet) - consists of the House of Representatives (480 members elected for a term of four years) and the House of Councilors (247 members elected for a term of six years, half the seats being renewed every three years)

Main prefectures: Osaka (8.8 million inhabitants), Kanagawa (8.7 million inhabitants), Aichi (7.2 million inhabitants)
 
Administrative Division: 43 prefectures, district (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and Tokyo metropolis
 
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Taro Aso
 
Japan: is an UN Member State is a non-permanent member of UN Security Council. It also has won permanent membership "Nations G8 (Group of Eight nations)

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