Japan

Presentation

Capital: Tokyo

Population

Total Population (million): 127.77

Annual growth rate: -0.02%

Density: 338 inhab./km²

Urban population: 65.80%

Population of principales villes: Tokyo (8535792); Yokohama (3602758); Osaka (2635420); Nagoya (2223148); Sapporo (1888953); Kobe (1528687)

Ethnic Origins: Japanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.7%

Official Language: Japanese (nihongo)

Other languages spoken: Japanese is the sixth most spoken language in the world, with over 99% percent of the country's population using it. .

Business language: English is moreover the foreign language which is the most usually spoken. However the Japanese, including the business leaders, sometimes only have basic English. Businessmen often read English better than they can speak it.

Religion: Shintoism and Buddhism are the two most widespread religions (84% of the population). The Japanese follow either one or the other, or both.

Literacy rate: n.c.%

Local time:

It is %T:%M %A in Tokyo

Exchange rate on :

Country overview

Area: 377,910 km²

Type of State: Empire having a parliamentary democracy.

Type of economy: High-income economy, OECD member, G8 member
Second greatest world power; it has the largest number of patents taken out in the world.

HID*: 0.953

HDI (world rank): 8/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.

Weather in Tokyo

F° | C°

16°

Low: 12° | High: 18°

Humidity: 38% | Wind: 16 km/h
Sunrise: 6:06 am | Sunset: 4:43 pm

Source: Yahoo Weather

Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from Japan, dial 81
To call in Japan, dial 010

Internet suffix: .jp

Computers: 54.2 per 100 inhabitants

Telephone lines: 43.0 per 100 inhabitants

Internet users: 68.3 per 100 inhabitants