Japan
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Japan (Japanese: 日本; romanised as nihon or nippon) is a country in East Asia. It is a group of many islands close to the east coast of Korea, China and Russia. The Pacific Ocean is to the east of Japan and the Sea of Japan is to the west.[15] Most people in Japan live on one of the four islands. The biggest of these islands, Honshu, has the most people. Honshu is the 7th largest island in the world. Tokyo is the capital of Japan and its biggest city.
Japan
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Anthem:
"His Imperial Majesty's Reign"[3][4] | |
Government Seal of Japan
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.svg) Area controlled by Japan shown in green—claimed, but uncontrolled shown in light green | |
| Capital and largest city | Tokyo[5] 35°41′N 139°46′E |
| National language | Japanese |
| Ethnic groups (2011[6]) | |
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| Demonym(s) | Japanese |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Emperor | Naruhito |
| Fumio Kishida | |
| Vacant | |
| Legislature | National Diet |
| House of Councillors | |
| House of Representatives | |
| Formation | |
| February 11, 660 BCE[8] | |
| November 29, 1890 | |
| May 3, 1947 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 377,972 km2 (145,936 sq mi)[9] (61st) |
• Water (%) | 1.40 (as of 2015)[10] |
| Population | |
• 2017 census | 126,572,604[11] (10th) |
• Density | 336/km2 (870.2/sq mi) (36th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $5.420 trillion[12] (4th) |
• Per capita | $42,960[12] (27th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $4.841 trillion[12] (3rd) |
• Per capita | $38,281[12] (20th) |
| Gini (2008) | 37.6[13] medium · 76th |
| HDI (2015) |  0.903[14]very high · 17th |
| Currency | Yen (¥) / En 円 (JPY) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (JST) |
| UTC+9 (not observed) | |
| Date format | |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +81 |
| ISO 3166 code | JP |
| Internet TLD | .jp |
Website www.japan.go.jp | |
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| Kanji | 日本国 | ||||||
| Hiragana | にっぽんこく にほんこく | ||||||
| Katakana | ニッポンコク ニホンコク | ||||||
| Kyūjitai | 日本國 | ||||||
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The Japanese people call their country "Nihon" or "Nippon",[15] which means "the origin of the Sun" in Japanese. Japan is a monarchy whose head of state is called the Emperor.[15] Japan is the oldest monarchy in the world, lasting more than 2,000 years.[16]