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The flag features a red sun on a cool white background. Traditionally, the sun goddess founded Japan in the 7th century BC and gave birth to its first emperor, Jimmu. Even today the emperor is known as the "Son of the Sun" and the popular name for the country is "Land of the Rising Sun." The current flag design was adopted on Aug. 5, 1854.
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Official name: Nippon (Japan).
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CapitalTokyo
Total Area145,882.91 sq mi
377,835.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than California)
Population126,771,662 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050101,228,471
LanguagesJapanese
Literacy99% total, N/A% male, N/A% female (1970 est.)
Religionsobserve both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
Life Expectancy77.62 male, 84.15 female (2001 est.)
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OFFICIAL NAME: Japan (Nippon)
CAPITAL: Tokyo
SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Constitutional Monarchy
AREA: 377,576 Sq Km (145,783 Sq Mi)
ESTIMATED 2000 POPULATION 126,994,100
LOCATION & GEOGRAPHY: Japan is an island state comprising a group of four principal islands and several smaller ones, off the east coast of Asia. It is bound by the Sea of Japan, the Korea Strait and the East China Sea to the west, the Pacific Ocean to the east and the La Perouse Strait to the north. The ...
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A Country Study: Japan
Library of Congress Call Number DS806 .J223 1992
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Location: Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
Geographic coordinates: 36 00 N, 138 00 E
Map references: Asia
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