Japan
Japan is a country of Asia.
Japan is archipelago long a 2
approximately 500 km and consisted of 4 principal islands (of north in the south): Hokkaido, Honshu,
Shikoku and Kyushu. The relief of Japan is
marked by the permanent proximity of the sea (nearly 30 000 km of coasts) and of the
mountain (which covers 75 % of the
total surface). The climate is marked
by strong
contrasts: the cold winds of Siberia (in Russia) touch the north of the
country, while the tropical cyclones come from the Asian continent reach the
south.
The density of population is very high in Japan: it reaches more than 2 000
inhabitants to the km ² in certain
areas and nearly 13 000 inhabitants to the km ² in the capital
Tokyo (the largest city of the world)! The Japanese
population is very urbanized (80 % of the population) and the agglomeration
of Tokyo only concentrates with it more than 20 % of the total population of
the country.
The economy of Japan is the 2 E
more powerful in the world (after that of the United States). It
developed particularly quickly after the Second World war. Today, Japanese industry
is placed at the first world ranks in many sectors like electronics and the
car. The yen is one of the most
significant currencies in the world trade (with the dollar and the euro),
while Tokyo Stock Exchange is the
2 E money market of the world.
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Name
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Japan
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Population
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127 463 610 inhabitants in 2006
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Capital
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Tokyo (8 194 727 inhabitants)
agglomeration (34 997 269 inhabitants) |
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Surface
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377 837 km²
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Administrative
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47 prefectures
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Principal
cities
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Tokyo (8 194 727 inhabitants)
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Yokohama (3 518 095 inhabitants)
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Osaka (2 497 208 inhabitants)
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Nagoya (2 130 983 inhabitants)
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Sapporo (1 856 442 inhabitants)
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Kobe (1 493 841 inhabitants)
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Kyoto (1 392 072 inhabitants)
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Fukuoka (1 336 666 inhabitants)
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Currency
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yen
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Official
language
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Japanese
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