Country: Japan
Population: 127,390,000
Capital: Tokyo
Currency: Yen (JPY )
Top level domain: .jp
Int. Phone access: 81
ISO2 code: JP
ISO3 code: JPN
IOC code: JPN
Japan
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 Languages: Japanese Religions: Shintoism 83.9%, Buddhism 71.4%, Christianity 2%, other 7.8% note: total adherents exceeds 100% because many people belong to both Shintoism and Buddhism (2005) United Nations member since: 1956-12-18 | |
Olympic achievements
Olympic Summer Games: 20 times. Medals:  123  112  126Olympic Winter Games: 19 times. Medals: 9 13 15 | |
Provinces / RegionsAichi, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Gumma, Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Hyogo, Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kochi, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi, Miyazaki, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nara, Niigata, Oita, Okayama, Osaka, Saga, Saitama, Shiga, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo, Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi, Yamanashi, Okinawa, | |
Major CitiesTokyo, Jokohama [Yokohama], Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kioto, Kobe, Fukuoka, Kawasaki, Hiroshima, Kitakyushu, Sendai, Chiba, Sakai, Kumamoto, Okayama, Sagamihara, Hamamatsu, Kagoshima, Funabashi, Higashiosaka, Hachioji, Niigata, Amagasaki, Himeji, Shizuoka, Urawa, Matsuyama, Matsudo, Kanazawa, Kawaguchi, Ichikawa, Omiya, Utsunomiya, Oita, Nagasaki, Yokosuka, Kurashiki, Gifu, Hirakata, Nishinomiya, Toyonaka, Wakayama, Fukuyama, Fujisawa, Asahikawa, Machida, Nara, Takatsuki, Iwaki, Nagano, Toyohashi, Toyota, Suita, Takamatsu, Koriyama, Okazaki, Kawagoe, Tokorozawa, Toyama, Kochi, Kashiwa, Akita, Miyazaki, Koshigaya, Naha, Aomori, Hakodate, Akashi, Yokkaichi, Fukushima, Morioka, Maebashi, Kasugai, Otsu, Ichihara, Yao, Ichinomiya, Tokushima, Kakogawa, Ibaraki, Neyagawa, Shimonoseki, Yamagata, Fukui, Hiratsuka, Mito, Sasebo, Hachinohe, Takasaki, Shimizu, Kurume, Fuji, Soka, Fuchu, Chigasaki, Atsugi, Numazu, Ageo, Yamato, Matsumoto, Kure, Takarazuka, Kasukabe, Chofu, Odawara, Kofu, Kushiro, Kishiwada, Hitachi, Nagaoka, Itami, Uji, Suzuka, Hirosaki, Ube, Kodaira, Takaoka, Obihiro, Tomakomai, Saga, Sakura, Kamakura, Mitaka, Izumi, Hino, Hadano, Ashikaga, Tsu, Sayama, Yachiyo, Tsukuba, Tachikawa, Kumagaya, Moriguchi, Otaru, Anjo, Narashino, Oyama, Ogaki, Matsue, Kawanishi, Hitachinaka, Niiza, Nagareyama, Tottori, Tama, Iruma, Ota, Omuta, Komaki, Ome, Kadoma, Yamaguchi, Higashimurayama, Yonago, Matsubara, Musashino, Tsuchiura, Joetsu, Miyakonojo, Misato, Kakamigahara, Daito, Seto, Kariya, Urayasu, Beppu, Niihama, Minoo, Fujieda, Abiko, Nobeoka, Tondabayashi, Ueda, Kashihara, Matsusaka, Isesaki, Zama, Kisarazu, Noda, Ishinomaki, Fujinomiya, Kawachinagano, Imabari, Aizuwakamatsu, Higashihiroshima, Habikino, Ebetsu, Hofu, Kiryu, Okinawa, Yaizu, Toyokawa, Ebina, Asaka, Higashikurume, Ikoma, Kitami, Koganei, Iwatsuki, Mishima, Handa, Muroran, Komatsu, Yatsushiro, Iida, Tokuyama, Kokubunji, Akishima, Iwakuni, Kusatsu, Kuwana, Sanda, Hikone, Toda, Tajimi, Ikeda, Fukaya, Ise, Sakata, Kasuga, Kamagaya, Tsuruoka, Hoya, Nishio, Tokai, Inazawa, Sakado, Isehara, Takasago, Fujimi, Urasoe, Yonezawa, Konan, Yamatokoriyama, Maizuru, Onomichi, Higashimatsuyama, Kimitsu, Isahaya, Kanuma, Izumisano, Kameoka, Mobara, Narita, Kashiwazaki, Tsuyama, | |