| State of Japan |
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Anthem:
Kimigayo (君が代?)
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Government Seal:
Paulownia (五七桐, Go-Shichi no Kiri?) |
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Capital
(and largest city) | Tokyo (de facto)
 35°41′N 139°46′E / 35.683°N 139.767°E / 35.683; 139.767 |
| Official language(s) | None[1] |
| Recognised regional languages | Aynu itak, Eastern Japanese, Western Japanese, Ryukyuan, and several other Japanese dialects |
National language
National Scripts
| Japanese
Kanji
Hiragana
Katakana |
| Ethnic groups | 98.5% Japanese, 0.5% Korean, 0.4% Chinese, 0.6% other[2] |
| Demonym | Japanese |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy |
| - | Emperor | Akihito |
| - | Prime Minister | Naoto Kan (DPJ) |
| Legislature | National Diet |
| - | Upper House | House of Councillors |
| - | Lower House | House of Representatives |
| Formation |
| - | National Foundation Day | February 11, 660 BC[3] |
| - | Meiji Constitution | November 29, 1890 |
| - | Current constitution | May 3, 1947 |
| - | Treaty of
San Francisco |
April 28, 1952 |
| Area |
| - | Total | 377,944 km2 [4](61st)
145,925 sq mi |
| - | Water (%) | 0.8 |
| Population |
| - | 2010 estimate | 127,360,000[5] (10th) |
| - | 2004 census | 127,333,002 |
| - | Density | 337.1/km2 (36th)
873.1/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) | 2010 estimate |
| - | Total | $4.267 trillion[6] (3rd) |
| - | Per capita | $33,478[6] (23rd) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2010 estimate |
| - | Total | $5.273 trillion[6] (2nd) |
| - | Per capita | $41,366[6] (17th) |
| Gini | 38.1 (2002)[7] |
| HDI (2007) |  0.884[8] (very high) (11th) |
| Currency | International Symbol ¥ Pronounced (Yen)
Japanese Symbol 円 (or 圓 in Traditional Kanji) Pronounced (En) (JPY) |
| Time zone | JST (UTC+9) |
| - | Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC) |
| Date formats | yyyy-mm-dd
yyyy年m月d日
Era yy年m月d日 (CE−1988) |
| Drives on the | left |
| ISO 3166 code | JP |
| Internet TLD | .jp |
| Calling code | 81 |
listen); Japanese: 日本 Nihon or Nippon), officially the State of Japan (日本国
