Fact File - The World Factbook
- Capital: Tokyo.
- Area: 377,835 sq km.
- Population: 128.1 million.
- Nationality: Japanese.
- Ethnic Groups: Japanese 99%, others 1% (Korean
511,262, Chinese 244,241, Brazilian 182,232, Filipino
89,851, other 237,914)
- Language: Japanese.
- National Holiday: Birthday of the Emperor, Dec. 23
(1933).
- GDP Per Capita: US$32.640.
- Currency: Yen (¥).
- Internet TLD: .jp.
- Country Calling Code: 81
- Largest Cities in descending order: Tokyo, Yokohama,
Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kobe, Kyoto, Fukuoka.
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Synopsis
- Asia's most advanced & richest country.
- Country with a culture & civilization of its own. No
other country in the world has anything similar to it.
- Main Cities: Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya,
Sapporo, Sendai.
- Main Tourism Sights: Ancient cities of Kyoto & Nara,
WWII Bombed city of Hiroshima, Financial center of
Osaka, World Heritage Himeshi & Nikko, Mount Fuji,
Zaosan, Nagasaki.
- The only country in the world that has been dropped 2
atomic bombs (over Hiroshima & Nagasaki)!
- World Heritage Sites: 14. Notably Himeji-jo, Historic
monuments of Ancient Kyoto, Historic Monuments of
Ancient Nara, Shrines & Temples of Nikko, Historic
Villages of Shirakawa-go & Gokayama, Hiroshima
Peace Memorial, Itsukushima Shinto Shrine.
- Lies on the Ring of Fire, hence earthquake is a major
concern.
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