Japan

Japan

National name: Nippon
Emperor: Akihito (1989)
Prime Minister: Junichiro Koizumi (2001)
Area: 145,882 sq. mi. (377,835 sq. km)
Population (2006 est.): 127,463,611
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Tokyo, 35,327,000 (metro. area)
Other large cities: Yokohama, 3,494,900 (part of Tokyo metro. area); Osaka, 2,597,000 (city proper), 11,286,000 (metro. area); Nagoya, 2,189,700; Sapporo, 1,848,000; Kobe, 1,529,900 (part of Osaka metro. area); Kyoto, 1,470,600 (part of Osaka metro. area); Fukuoka, 1,368,900; Kawasaki, 1,276,200 (part of Tokyo metro. area); Hiroshima, 1,132,700
Monetary unit: Yen
Language: Japanese
Ethnicity/race: Japanese 99.4%, other 0.6% (mostly Korean)
Religions: Shintoist, 111.8 million; Buddhist, 93.1 million; Christian, 1.4 million; other, 11.4 million

Source: Infoplease

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Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi		Japan's national coat of arms