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National name: Nippon
Emperor: Akihito (1989)
Prime Minister: Junichiro Koizumi (2001)
Area: 145,882 sq mi (377,835 sq km)
Population (2005 est.): 127,417,244 (growth rate:
0.1%); birth rate: 9.5/1000; infant mortality rate: 3.3/1000;
life expectancy: 81.2; density per sq mi: 873
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Tokyo,
31,139,900 (metro. area), 8,240,100 (city proper)
Other large cities: Yokohama, 3,494,900 (part of
Tokyo metro. area); Osaka, 2,597,000; Nagoya, 2,189,700;
Sapporo, 1,848,000; Kobe, 1,529,900 (part of Osaka metro.
area); Kyoto, 1,470,600 (part of Osaka metro. area); Fukuoka,
1,368,900; Kawasaki, 1,276,200 (part of Tokyo metro. area);
Hiroshima, 1,132,700
Monetary unit: Yen
Language: Japanese
Ethnicity/race: Japanese 99%, other 1% (mostly
Korean)
Religions: Shintoist and Buddhist 84%, other 16%
(including Christian 0.7%)
Literacy rate: 99% (1995 est.)
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