Japan Fact File
| Capital City: |
Tokyo |
| Emblem: |
Chrysanthemum |
| Flag: |
Hi no Maru |
| National Anthem: |
Kimi ga Yo |
| Major Islands: |
Honshu (mainland), Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku, Ryukyu |
| Highest Peak: |
Mount Fuji (12,389 feet / 3,776 meters) |
| Average Rainfall: |
40 inches / 1,000 millimeters per year |
| Population: |
127,430,000 (as of 2007) |
| Density: |
861.3 people per square mile / 332.5 per square kilometer |
| Major Religions: |
Buddhism and Shinto |
| Major Cities: |
Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kyoto, Kobe, Fukuoka, Kawasaki, Hiroshima |
| Major Crops: |
rice, sugar beets, potatoes, cabbages,
sugar cane, sweet potatoes, onions, apples, cucumbers, tomatoes,
carrots, watermelons, wheat, lettuce, eggplants, nashi (asian pears), melons |
| Major Imports: |
crude petroleum and petroleum products; food, beverages and tobacco; machinery and transport equipment; metal ores and scrap |
| Major Exports: |
motor vehicles; office machinery;
chemicals; scientific, optical, and audio equipment; iron and steel
products; power-generating machinery; textiles; metalworking machinery;
radio and television receivers |
| Trade Ratio: |
imports 45%, exports 55% |
| Major Trading Countries: |
United States, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia |
| Monetary Unit: |
yen |
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