GeoPointe - Japan

Official Name: Japan
Location: Eastern Asia, an island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula. Includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto).
Capital: Tokyo on Honshu Island

Area:	total: 377,835 sq km
	land: 374,744 sq km
	water: 3,091 sq km

Lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m.
Highest point: Fujiyama 3,776 m.

Traffic during rush hour, Tokyo, Japan

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Population: 127,433,494 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Japanese (singular and plural) Ethnic groups: Japanese 99%, others 1% (Korean 51,126, Chinese 24,424, Brazilian 18,223, Filipino 8,995, other 23,792). Religions: Observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%). Languages: Japanese.

Varies from tropical in the south to cool temperate in the north.

Government type: Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government.
Independence: 660 BC (traditional founding by Emperor Jimmu).
National holiday: Birthday of Emperor Akihito, 23 December (1933).