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== Current Status ==

== Current Status ==

[[Image:Tomoko.jpg|300px|right|A Japanese in USA]]

[[Image:Tomoko.jpg|300px|right|thumb|A Japanese in USA]]

Japan is currently the world's most populous [[constitutional monarchy]], third largest [[economy]] (counting the [[European Union]] as one economy), and has the world's third largest [[defense budget]] (counting the constituents of the EU as separate states).   

Japan is currently the world's most populous [[constitutional monarchy]], third largest [[economy]] (counting the [[European Union]] as one economy), and has the world's third largest [[defense budget]] (counting the constituents of the EU as separate states).