Japan

Japan
Official languages Capital	Tokyo
Area Government	377 915km2 Constitutional Monarchy
Population Religion	127,300,000 -
Time zone Currency	JST (UTC+9) Yen
Demonym	Japanese
Preceded by Succeeded by

Location of Japan in Asia

Japan is a country and an island in Asia. Japan is a curved chain of over 4 000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. To the west, Korea juts out from northern China.

Capital city

Tokyo is the populous capital of Japan, is a city that mixes traditional and ultramodern elements. Has the about the same latitude as Los Angeles. The average maximum temperature is 30.8 in August.

Major religion

The most widespread religions in Japan are not many, in fact, there are only three:

1. Shintoism;
2. Buddhism;
3. Christianity (even if little practiced, only 4%).

The Shintoism considers the sacred nature, the ancestors but also the figure of the imperator, that he hasn't authority, but he symbolize the population.

Major languages

The major language is Japanese. Like Chinese, the Japanese is with ideograms, too.  It's very difficult to learn because there are a lot of characters and there are many syllables to know.

Government

In Japan there is a multiparty democracy and it's a unitary state.

Geography

Population: 126.702.133 (2016)

Population density: 348 inhabitants on km2

Ethnic composition: Japanese 98,5%

Koreans: 0,5% Chineses: 0,4% other: 0,6%

Religious affiliation: most Japanese follow of Shinto and Buddhism at the same time (with a slightly higher number of Shintoists) 91.4%, Christians 1.5%, others 7.1%

Agricultural area: 12.5% (arable land: 11.7%, permanent crops 0,8%, permanent pastures 0%)

Currency

The currency in Japan is the Yen. the pronunciation is “en” but in Italy and in other places we call that “yen”, how to spell. The value of the Yen is very low. 1 euro equals 130 yen.

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