Geography: Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula.
Japan is an island with a coastline ranging from long, sandy beaches to areas with steep cliffs. The country forms an arc and contains four large islands and many smaller ones.
Population: 126,475,664
Government Type: a parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy
Education: 15 years
Literacy rates: 99%
Languages: Japanese
Religion: Shintoism 83.9%, Buddhism 71.4%, Christianity 2%, other 7.8%
Birth rates: 7.31 births/1,000 population
Death rates: 10.09 deaths/1,000 population
Life expectancy: 0-14 years: 13.1%
15-64 years: 64%
65 years and over: 22.9%
Ethnic groups: Japanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.6%
Legal system: modeled after European civil law systems with English-American influence; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
Suffrage: 20 years of age;
Unemployment rate: 5.1%
Population below poverty line: 15.7%
Industries: among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods
Communications: Television, Mobile Phones, Internet
Military Service: 18 years of age for voluntary military service
Transnational issues: Japan fights for lands with neighboring countries.
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