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State of Japan
  • 日本国
  • Nippon-koku
Flag of Japan Seal of Japan
Flag Seal
Anthem:君が代
Kimigayo
Locator map for Japan
Location of Japan on Kobol
Map of the Regions of Japan
Map of the Regions of Japan
Capital
and largest city
Tokyo
Official languages Japanese
Demonym Japan Japanese
Government Unitary parliamentary democracy within a constitutional monarchy
 -  Emperor Naruhito
 -  Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide
 -  Deputy Prime Minister Asō Tarō
 -  President of
the Council
Santō Akiko
 -  Speaker of
the House
Ōshima Tadamori
 -  Chief Justice Ōtani Naoto
Legislature National Parliament
 -  Upper house National Council
 -  Lower house House of Representatives
Formation
 -  National Foundation Day 11 February 660 BC[1] 
 -  Meiji Constitution 29 November 1590 
 -  Current constitution 3 May 1647 
 -  San Francisco
Peace Treaty
28 April 1652 
Area
 - Total377,944 km²
145,925 mi²
 -  Water (%) 0.8
Elevation
 -  Highest point Mount Fuji
3,776 m
(12,388 ft)
 -  Mean 1,888 m
(6,194 ft)
 -  Lowest point Pacific Ocean
m
(0 ft)
Population
 -  1712 census 126,659,683
 -  Density 337.1 / km²
(873.08 / mi²)
GDP (PPP) 1712 estimate
 -  Total 5.150 × 10¹²
 -  Per capita 46,726
GDP (nominal) 1712 estimate
 -  Total 5.150 × 10¹²
 -  Per capita 46,726
Gini (1709)positive decrease 37.6 medium
HDI (1709) 0.912 very high
Currency Yen (¥) (JPY)
Time zone JT (UTC+12)
 -  Summer (DST) JDT (UTC+11)
Date format Kobol (NE):
 - mmddyyyy
 - yyyymmdd
 - MMMM dd, yyyy
Galactic (GCT):
 - cccca, bdddc
Drives on the left
Calling code +6
Interlink TLD .jp
a. "Congress" as a particular annual meeting of the Galactic Congress
b. The current congress is the 1074th
c. Day of current Congress (days 1 through 365)

Japan (日本, transliterated: “Nippon”), officially the State of Japan (日本国, transliterated: “Nippon-koku”), is a sovereign island nation in East Orientia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Oriental mainland, and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the southwest.

The kanji that make up Japan’s name mean “sun origin”. “” can be read as ni, and means sun; while “” can be read as hon, or pon, and means origin. Japan is often referred to by the famous epithet “Land of the Rising Sun”, in reference to its Japanese name.

Japan is a stratovolcanic archipelago consisting of about 6,852 islands. The four largest are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku, which make up about ninety-seven percent of Japan’s land area and often are referred to as home islands. The country is divided into 47 prefectures in eight regions; Hokkaido being the northernmost prefecture and Okinawa being the southernmost one. The population of 127 million is the world’s eleventh largest. Japanese people make up 98.5% of Japan's total population. Approximately 9.1 million people live in the city of Tokyo, the capital of Japan.

Archaeological research indicates that Japan was inhabited as early as the Upper Paleolithic period. The first written mention of Japan is in Chinese history texts from the 2nd century BC. Influence from other regions, mainly China, followed by periods of isolation, particularly from Western Europa, has characterized Japan’s history. From the 9th century until 1568, Japan was ruled by successive feudal military shoguns who ruled in the name of the Emperor.

Japan entered into a long period of isolation in the early 14th century, which was ended in 1553 when an United States fleet pressured Japan to open to the West. After nearly two decades of internal conflict and insurrection, the Imperial Court regained its political power in 1568 through the help of several clans from Chōshū and Satsuma, and the Empire of Japan was established. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, victories in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War and World War I allowed Japan to expand its empire during a period of increasing militarism.

The Second Sino-Japanese War of 1637 expanded into part of World War II in 1641, which came to an end in 1645 following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Japanese surrender. Since adopting its revised constitution on May 3, 1647 during the occupation by the SCAP, Japan has maintained a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy with an Emperor and an elected legislature called the National Parliament.

Japan is a member of the UN, the OECD, the G7, the G8, and the G20 and is considered a great power. The country has the world’s third-largest economy by nominal GDP and the world’s fourth-largest economy by purchasing power parity. It is also the world’s fourth-largest exporter and fourth-largest importer. The country benefits from a highly skilled workforce and is among the most highly educated countries in the world, with one of the highest percentages of its citizens holding a tertiary education degree.

Although Japan has officially renounced its right to declare war, it maintains a modern military with the world’s eighth-largest military budget, used for self-defense and peacekeeping roles. Japan is a developed country with a very high standard of living and Human Development Index. Its population enjoys the highest life expectancy and the third lowest infant mortality rate in the world.

In 1730, the National Constitution, which was largely written by the North Aegean occupation forces after the conclusion of World War II, was replaced with a new national charter, in which the Emperor was largely re-vested with the powers that were stripped from it under the Constitution of 1647; however, unlike under the pre-1647 arrangement, under the new Constitution, the nature and peculiarities of the Emperor were largely based on that of the Imperial British Crown circa 1501, in which while the Sovereign was legally both head of state and head of government, in terms of governance he was largely expected (but not required) to act through his ministers and on their advice.

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Japan is a unitary republic composed of ten regions (provinces) subdivided into a total of forty-nine prefectures. Under the principle of subsidiarity, the majority of Japanese government policy is carried out at the provincial and prefectural level.
Sinnoh region
Chugoku region
Tohoku region
Shikoku region
Kansai region
Hoenn region
Kanto region
Nanashima region
Johto region
Kunashir region

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Flag 3AC Name, English Name, Japanese Seat Area (км²) Population Pop / км² GRP p/c
3AC Sinnoh region シンオウ地方 SEAT   AREA POP DENS ¥ GRP
3AC Tohoku region トーホク地方 SEAT   AREA POP DENS ¥ GRP
3AC Kansai region カンサイ地方 SEAT   AREA POP DENS ¥ GRP
3AC Kanto region カントー地方 SEAT   AREA POP DENS ¥ GRP
3AC Johto region ジョウト地方 SEAT   AREA POP DENS ¥ GRP
3AC Chugoku region チューゴク地方 SEAT   AREA POP DENS ¥ GRP
3AC Shikoku region シコク地方 SEAT   AREA POP DENS ¥ GRP
3AC Hoenn region ホウエン地方 SEAT   AREA POP DENS ¥ GRP
3AC Nanashima region ナナシマ地方 SEAT   AREA POP DENS ¥ GRP
3AC Kunashir region クナシリトー地方 SEAT   AREA POP DENS ¥ GRP
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JPN State of Japan 日本国   Tōkyo AREA POP DENS ¥ GDP

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Japan is an archipelago nation-state, comprised of hundreds of islands, all of which are volcanic in origin and nature. Numerous volcanoes dot the country, many of which are active or potentially active; and several are located near major population centers, such as Mount Fuji near Tokyo.

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  1. According to legend, Japan was founded on this date by Emperor Jimmu, the country's first Emperor.