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{{Country

|name          =''日本国<br/>Nippon-koku''

|-

|map         =Japan rel96.jpg

!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: white  no-repeat scroll top left;"|''Nippon-koku''(日本国)

|flag         =Flag of Japan.png

|-

|arms         =Imperial Seal of Japan.jpg

!align ="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: white no-repeat scroll top left;"|Flag

|capital =Tokyo

!align ="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: white no-repeat scroll top left;"|[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|50px|]]

|capital-raw =

|-

|government =Parliamentary democracy; Constitutional Monarchy

|government-raw =

!align ="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: white no-repeat scroll top left;"|[[Image:Imperial Seal of Japan.jpg|48px|]]

|language =Japanese

|-

|king         =

|queen         =

|monarch-raw =Emperor Akihito

|[[Tokyo|Tokyo(東京)]]

|president =

|-

|president-raw =

|Government

|chancellor =

|Parliamentary democracy/Federal Constitutional Monarchy

|-

|pm         =Yasuo Fu<i></i>kuda

|Official Language

|pm-raw         =

|[[Japanese]](日本語)

|area         =377,832 sq. miles

|-

|pop         =127,433,494

|Head of State

|pop-basis =2007

|Emperor Akihito

|gdp         =$4.2 trillion

|-

|gdp-year =2006

|Prime Minister

|gdp-pc         =$33,100  

|Yasuo Fu<i></i>kuda

|currency =Yen 

|-

|idd =

|Area

|377,832 sq km<br>145,822 sq mi

|127,433,494

|-

|GDP (2006 estimate)

|$4.2 trillion

|-

|GDP per capita (2006 estimate)

|$33,100

|-

|}

 

 

'''Japan''' is a nation that consists of a group of islands off the eastern coast of [[Asia]].  The principal islands are [[Hokkaido]], [[Honshu]], [[Kyushu]] and [[Shikoku]], for a total land area slightly smaller than [[California]].  The islands of Japan are scattered between 24ºN and 45ºN latitude (roughly 1,800 miles, or [[Florida]] to [[Maine]]). As a result, the climate varies greatly. Its capital, [[Tokyo]], is the largest metropolitan area in the world. Japan is divided into a total of 47 [[prefecture]]s.

'''Japan''' is a nation that consists of a group of islands off the eastern coast of [[Asia]].  The principal islands are [[Hokkaido]], [[Honshu]], [[Kyushu]] and [[Shikoku]], for a total land area slightly smaller than [[California]].  The islands of Japan are scattered between 24ºN and 45ºN latitude (roughly 1,800 miles, or [[Florida]] to [[Maine]]). As a result, the climate varies greatly. Its capital, [[Tokyo]], is the largest metropolitan area in the world. Japan is divided into a total of 47 [[prefecture]]s.

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