Japan
- Official Name:
- Japan
- Area:
- 377.835 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 127.433.494 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 29.751 km
- Capital:
- Tokyo
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Chiba, Kawasaki, Kiire, Kisarazu, Kobe, Mizushima, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Yohohama
- Maritime claims:
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- Territorial sea: 12 nm, between 3 nm and 12 nm in the international straits - La Perouse or Soya, Tsugaru, Osumi, and Eastern and Western Channels of the Korea or Tsushima Strait
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
- Contiguous zone: 24 nm
- Political divisions:
- 47 prefectures; 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
- Language(s):
- Japanese
- National holiday:
- Birthday of Emperor AKIHITO, 23 December (1933)
- Nationality:
- Japanese (singular and plural)
- Official time:
- UTC 9.
- Member of:
- AfDB, APEC, APT, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, CE (observer), CERN (observer), CP, EAS, EBRD, FAO, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, LAIA, MIGA, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE (partner), Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), SAARC (observer), SECI (observer), UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMOVIC, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
- Internet country code:
- .jp
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Yen (JPY) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD33.100 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 4.883.000.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 2,2% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 1,6%
- Industry: 25,3%
- Services: 73,1%
- Labor force:
- 66.440.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (2004):
-
- Agriculture 4,6%
- Industry: 27,8%
- Services 67,7%
- Unemployment rate:
- 4,1% (2006 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 0,3% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 23,7% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD1.411.000.000.000
- Expenditures: USD1.639.000.000.000
- Public debt:
- 176,2% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD 174.400.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 590.300.000.000 f FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals
- Exports - Partners:
- US 22,9%, China 13,4%, South Korea 7,8%, Taiwan 7,3%, Hong Kong 6,1% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 524.100.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Machinery and equipment, fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, raw materials
- Imports - partners:
- China 21%, US 12,7%, Saudi Arabia 5,5%, UAE 4,9%, Australia 4,7%, South Korea 4,7%, Indonesia 4% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD864.700.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 1.547.000.000.000 (2006)
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