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UPDATE 1-Intuitive Surgical gets Da Vinci approval in Japan...license and reimbursement now begins. "We're very optimistic about the market for Intuitive in Japan," Funtleyder said, calling Japan the world's second biggest market for medical technology after the United States. "We're thinking late... In this article: Japan, Intuitive Surgical, Nasdaq, and United States |
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Telegraph.co.uk - Football | 10 hours ago
Japan team at World Cup 2010
Despite their improvement and reaching a fourth finals, Japan could still find themselves over-powered at World Cup 2010 in South Africa. Published: 1:04PM GMT 20 Nov 2009 Get in: Japan's team, including Shinji Okazaki (left), Yuki Abe...
In this article: World Cup 2010, World Cup, Takeshi Okada, 2002 World Cup, J League, Stroke, Shinji Okazaki, and Shunsuke Nakamura
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washingtonpost.com | 12 hours ago
U.S. soldier admits may have driven car in Japan crash
...of a crime outside the base unless they are charged, though they have sometimes done so in serious criminal cases. The case comes as Japan and the United States are locked in a feud over the relocation of a U.S. Marine air base on Okinawa,...
In this article: United States, Okinawa, Yukio Hatoyama, Okinawa, U.S. Marine, Tokyo, and Reuters
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Reuters | 14 hours ago
FACTBOX-Five political risks to watch in Japan
He is also under pressure to resolve a feud with the country's top security ally, the United States, over a military base in Japan and to clear the air over a funding scandal ahead of an election for parliament's upper house in...
In this article: Yukio Hatoyama, Deflation, Recession, Bank of Japan, United States, and Okinawa
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AP Online | 14 hours ago
Japan warns that deflation can drag on recovery
...deflation may reflect the worry that falling prices mean lower tax revenues - already a problem with Japan's rapidly aging population. The Bank of Japan seemed to be less concerned about deflation and economy in general. It said the...
In this article: Deflation, Credit Suisse, Tokyo, and U.S.
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 16 hours ago
Japan maintains super-low interest rates
...concern about deflation. "The government position ... does not differ from the views the Bank of Japan has shown before," he said. Japan was stuck in a deflationary spiral for years after its asset price bubble burst in the early 1990s,...
In this article: Bank of Japan, Deflation, Masaaki Shirakawa, Asia, Recession, and Deflationary spiral
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washingtonpost.com | 17 hours ago
Japan's central bank keeps interest rate unchanged
...jump in the first quarter of 2007. In the April-June quarter, GDP rose at a revised annual pace of 2.7 percent. The Bank of Japan projected the pace of Japan's recovery is likely to remain moderate until around the middle of the fiscal 2010.
In this article: Deflation, Goods and services, Bank of Japan, and Tokyo
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Reuters | 1 day ago
UPDATE 1-Pfizer says may enter Japan generic drug market
...2010 and to expand to 705 billion yen in three years, according to Sawai Pharmaceutical <4555. T>, Japan's No.1 generic drug maker. Japan is promoting generics as part of its efforts to reduce healthcare costs but a plan by its new...
In this article: Pfizer, Europe, Business operations, Wyeth, North America, and Asia
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Reuters | 2 days ago
OECD chief: no reform in sight on Japan public debt
For more stories on the Japanese economy click [ID:nECONJP]) There is no end in sight to Japan's ballooning public debt with the country having put off targets for reforming its fiscal conditions, the head of the OECD said on Wednesday
In this article: Deflation, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, and Tokyo
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washingtonpost.com | 4 days ago
Japan mulls over relocation of U.S. Marine base
...need to set up the working group," Hatoyama told reporters. Hatoyama, whose Democratic Party of Japan was elected in August with a promise that Japan would be more less passive in its relationship with the United States, has said that the...
In this article: Yukio Hatoyama, Barack Obama, U.S. Marine, United States, Okinawa, Okinawa, Tokyo, Democratic Party of Japan, and Guam
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Description from Wikipedia:
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters which make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes identified as the "Land of the Rising Sun".
Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and Shikoku, together accounting for 97% of Japan's land area. Most of the islands are mountainous, many volcanic; for example, Japan’s highest peak, Mount Fuji, is a volcano. Japan has the world's tenth-largest population, with about 128 million people. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the de facto capital city of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures, is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 30 million residents.
Archaeological research indicates that people were living on the islands of Japan as early as the Upper Paleolithic period. The first written mention of Japan begins with brief appearances in Chinese history texts from the first century A.D. Influence from the outside world followed by long periods of isolation has characterized Japan's history. Since adopting its constitution in 1947, Japan has maintained a unitary constitutional monarchy with an emperor and an elected parliament, the Diet.
- Name:
- Japan
- Conventional Long Name:
- Japan
- Local Name:
- 日本国
- Capital:
- Tokyo (de facto)
- Language:
- None
- Japanese
- Largest City:
- Tokyo
- Government type:
- Parliamentary democracy with constitutional monarchy
- Legislature:
- National Diet
- Upper House:
- House of Councillors
- Lower House:
- House of Representatives
- Founding Date:
- November 29, 1890
- Formations:
- National Foundation Day
- Area:
- 377,873
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $4.356 trillion
- GDP (nominal):
- $4.910 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $38,457
- Time Zone:
- JST
- Currency:
- Japanese Symbol 円 Pronounced
- Demonym:
- Japanese
- Drives On:
- left
- Currency (code):
- JPY
- Country Calling Code:
- 81
- ccTLD:
- .jp
- Anthem:
- Kimigayo
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