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The jellyfish menace...a rarity occurring every 40 years, they are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand miles of Japanese coast and far beyond Japan. Scientists believe climate change - the warming of oceans - has allowed some of the almost... In this article: Nomura's jellyfish, Japan, Global warming, Chesapeake Bay, Nomura, and China |
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Japan launches 5th spy satellite
...by concerns over North Korea's missile program. North Korea shocked Tokyo in 1998 when it test-fired a missile over Japan. Since then, Japan has launched spy satellites primarily to watch developments in North Korea. In April this year, a...
In this article: Tokyo, North Korea, Global warming, United States, China, and Tanegashima
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Reuters | 2 days ago
China, Japan plan first joint military exercise
...further joint training in humanitarian assistance and disaster rescue. "I strongly believe that the agreement between China and Japan to conduct a joint rescue drill at sea clearly indicates tremendous progress in mutual understanding...
In this article: China, Yukio Hatoyama, and Tokyo
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Japan's Kan: Japan govt and BOJ will act together on yen
...Japanese government and the Bank of Japan will act together to deal with the rise in the yen. "The Bank of Japan recognises that Japan is in deflation and they know how to tackle it... One reason behind the yen's strength is that real...
In this article: Bank of Japan, Deflation, and United States
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FOREX-Yen, dollar surge on Dubai woes; Japan warns on FX
...as investors slashed risk exposure and carry trades on concerns about Dubai's debt problems. Japan signalled growing discomfort with the yen's surge -- it briefly broke the 85 yen per dollar level -- and suggested it would be open to...
In this article: Dubai, G7, U.S., Wall Street, Silver, and Bank of Japan
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FOREX-Yen off highs as Japan signals growing concern
...calling banks, moving one step closer to intervention to stem the yen's surge. Market sources said Japan's government and the Bank of Japan had checked dollar/yen rates with commercial banks in morning trade in Asia, something dealers said...
In this article: Dubai, Bank of Japan, G7, Asia, U.S., and Credit crunch
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
Twitter Japan To Introduce Paid Premium Accounts Next January
...is going to introduce a tiered payment model and aims to charge people to view tweets from certain premium Twitter accounts. Twitter Japan, which is operated under supervision of Twitter investor Digital Garage, launched in April 2008 and...
In this article: Twitter, Digital Garage, Biz Stone, and Revenue
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Japan raises prospect of G7 statement as dollar falls
In this article: G7, Tokyo, Dubai, United States, Recession, and Democratic Party
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Japan to reveal details of decades-old secret pact with U.S.
...source of contention and a rallying point for protest." When Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates visited Japan last month, he reportedly told Japan's defense minister not to allow the investigation of the agreement to hurt bilateral...
In this article: United States, Yukio Hatoyama, Democratic Party of Japan, Liberal Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Okinawa, and Katsuya Okada
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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:
- Treaty of, San Francisco
- Area:
- 145,883
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $4.356 trillion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 3rd
- GDP (nominal):
- $4.910 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 23rd
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 2nd
- 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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