Japan
National Animal: Koi

National Tree: Cherry blossom

National Bird: Pheasant

National Sport: Sumo

君が代は

千代に八千代に

さざれ石の

いわおとなりて

こけの生すまで
3 May 1947
(current constitution adopted as amendment to Meiji Constitution);

notable earlier dates:

660 B.C.
(traditional date of the founding of the nation by Emperor JIMMU);

29 November 1890
(Meiji Constitution provides for constitutional monarchy)


Kansai International Airport

Narita International Airport

Akita Airport

Fukuoka Airport

Hiroshima Airport

Kōchi Airport

Wakkanai Airport

Tokyo International Airport

Osaka International Airport

Kushiro Airport
Japan

日本国

Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku
Tokyo
Yen (JPY)

Exchange Rate:

87.78 JPY = 1USD
126 million (July 2011 est.)
total area: 377,915 sq km
Total: 0 km
Aichi
Akita
Aomori
Chiba
Ehime
Fukui
Fukuoka
Fukushima
Gifu
Gunma
Hiroshima
Hokkaido
Hyogo
Ibaraki
Ishikawa
Iwate
Kagawa
Kagoshima
Kanagawa
Kochi
Kumamoto
Kyoto
Mie
Miyagi
Miyazaki
Nagano
Nagasaki
Nara
Niigata
Oita
Okayama
Okinawa
Osaka
Saga
Saitama
Shiga
Shimane
Shizuoka
Tochigi
Tokushima
Tokyo
Tottori
Toyama
Wakayama
Yamagata
Yamaguchi
Yamanashi
Tokyo

Kanagawa

Osaka

Aichi

Hokkaido
Japanese
Diet of Japan (Kokkai)

Upper House - Sangiin

Lower House - Shūgiin
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$33,100 (2010 est.)
Shintoism
Buddhism
varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m

highest point: Fujiyama 3,776 m

Ishikari

Teshio

Tokachi

Kushiro

Yūbari
Biwa

Kasumigaura

Saroma
Birthday of Emperor AKIHITO:
23 December (1933)




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