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Industry & Trade | Asia-Pacific | Japan
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Industry & Trade | Asia-Pacific | Japan
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Industry & Trade | Asia-Pacific | Japan
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Industry & Trade | Asia-Pacific | Japan
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Industry & Trade | Asia-Pacific | Japan
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Industry & Trade | Asia-Pacific | Japan
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LOCATION:
Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
MAP REFERENCES:
Asia
AREA:
total: 377,915 sq km
CLIMATE:
varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
TERRAIN:
mostly rugged and mountainous
NATURAL RESOURCES:
negligible mineral resources, fish
LANGUAGES:
Japanese
RELIGIONS:
Shintoism 83.9%, Buddhism 71.4%, Christianity 2%, other 7.8%
POPULATION:
127,103,388 (July 2014 est.)
MAJOR URBAN AREAS - population:
TOKYO (capital) 37.217 million; Osaka-Kobe 11.494 million; Nagoya 3.328 million; Fukuoka-Kitakyushu 2.868 million; Sapporo 2.742 million; Sendai 2.428 million (2011)
GOVERNMENT TYPE:
a parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy
CAPITAL:
name: Tokyo
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$4.729 trillion (2013 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):
$5.007 trillion (2013 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
2% (2013 est.)
GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
agriculture: 1.1%
industry: 25.6%
services: 73.2% (2013 est.)
AGRICULTURE - products:
rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit; pork, poultry, dairy products, eggs; fish
EXPORTS - partners:
China 18.1%, US 17.8%, South Korea 7.7%, Thailand 5.5%, Hong Kong 5.1% (2012)
IMPORTS - partners:
China 21.3%, US 8.8%, Australia 6.4%, Saudi Arabia 6.2%, UAE 5%, South Korea 4.6%, Qatar 4% (2012)
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