Brief Introduction Capital: Tokyo Area: total: ３７７８８０Sq,km National Flower: Chrysanthemum The important Festival: National day: February 11 Population: 0.12705billion Language: Japanese Currency: JPY

Japan

Geography

Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula.

Administrative divisions

47 prefectures; Aichi, 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, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga, Saitama, Shiga, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo, Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi, Yamanashi.

Economy – overview

Government-industry cooperation, a strong work ethic, mastery of high technology, and a comparatively small defense allocation (1% of GDP) helped Japan advance with extraordinary rapidity to the rank of second-most-technologically-powerful economy in the world after the US and third-largest economy after the US and China. Japan maintains one of the world's largest fishing fleets and accounts for nearly 15% of the global catch.

Culture and media

Newspaper:

Asahi Shimbun, Deirî Supôtsu [Daily Sports], Japan Times, The, Japan Today, Mainichi Shimbun , Sekai Nippô , Shogun.

TV Stations:

Fuji Nyûsu Nettowâku, CNN Japan, NHK - Nippon Hôsôkyô Kai .

The place of interest

Fuji Mountain

Tokyo Tower

Toshodai Temple