Information about Japan
Location
Japan is an island chain in Eastern Asia, between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula.
Statistics
- Area: 377,835 km² (374,744 km² land, 3,091 km² water)
- Population: 127,463,611 (July 2006)
- Capital: Tokyo
- Language: Japanese
- Religion: observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
- Climate: varies from tropical in the south to cool temperate in the north
- Time Zone: GMT +9hrs
- Currency: Japanese Yen [JPY]
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