• Land area: 377,944 km2
  • Capital: Tokyo (Tōkyō)
  • Population: 126,659,683 (2012 estimate)
  • Administrative system: 9 regions, 47 prefectures
  • Official language: Japanese
  • Spoken languages: Japanese, recognized regional languages: Aynu itak, Eastern Japanese, Western Japanese, Ryukyuan, and several other Japanese dialects
  • Ethnic groups: 98.5% Japanese, 0.5% Korean, 0.4% Chinese, 0.6% other.
  • Currency: Yen (¥) / En (円 or 圓) (JPY) 
  • Religions: Shintoism 83.9%, Buddhism 71.4%, Christianity 2%, other 7.8%
  • Form of state: constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
  • Head of state: Emperor Akihito
  • Prime minister: Shinzō Abe (LDP), since 26 December 2012
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  • Foreign minister: Fumio Kishida (LDP), since 26 December 2012
  • Diplomatic relations: After World War II diplomatic relations were renewed on 29 August 1959, then raised to ambassadorial level in 1964
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