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An angel among the evil energy resources...that circles the Pacific. They include New Zealand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, the west coasts of the U.S. and Canada, Central America, and the west coast of South America. The Ring of Fire is a zone... In this article: Fossil fuel, Coal, Global warming, Uranium, International Energy Agency, United States, Europe, Indonesia, Natural gas, and Exploiting |
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Flopping Aces | November 17, 2009
When Did Presidents Lose Their Courage?
Japan in such a case could (then) release great numbers of ships and men to launch attacks on a large scale against the coasts of the Western Hemisphere - South America and Central America, and North America - including Alaska. At the...
In this article: United Nations, Pearl Harbor, Washington, Atlantic, China, Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Democracy, and Germany
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Independent.co.uk - Books | October 08, 2009
Shortlist for Premio Planeta, top Spanish language book prize, revealed
...US and Mexico apiece), 11 from Central America, 10 total from European countries France, Switzerland, the UK, Germany and Italy, one from Japan, for the first time in the award's history, and elsewhere. The award, given by Spanish...
In this article: Premio Planeta, Nobel Prize for Literature, Fernando Savater, Spain, North America, Barcelona, Spain, South America, and Central America
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PR Newswire: All Releases | August 12, 2008
ABBYY Announces New Branch in Taiwan
...industries prosper. This new branch provides us with a major stepping stone for moving forward in the global market within ABBYY USA's territory, which consists of North America, Central America, Japan and Taiwan." A wide variety of...
In this article: Abbyy, Taiwan, Trademark, Ministry of Education, Notable Solutions, E mail, and Australian Taxation Office
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Wikipedia | July 03, 2009
Hemitheconyx
...gecko (see also Coleonyx variegatus, the western banded gecko). Eublepharids have a worldwide distribution including North and Central America, Asia (including Japan), and Africa. This clade, also known as the 'eyelid geckos', is characterized...
In this article: African fat-tailed gecko, Asia, Africa, Central America, Cameroon, Togo, and Mali
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currents.ucsc.edu | March 13, 2009
James Estes appointed interim director of STEPS Institute
...all major ecosystems. Much of the work concentrates on ecosystems along California's Central Coast, but funded projects have also included research in areas as diverse as New Zealand, France, Japan, and Central America. Over the past five...
In this article: UCSC, Washington State University, University of Minnesota, University of Arizona, and U.S. Geological Survey
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Eric Engerbretson
...Case Band. That tour extended from Seattle to LA to Miami. From 1985 to 1991 Eric traveled Europe and Japan performing in colleges, high schools, clubs, coffeehouses and festivals. From 1991 to the present Eric has traveled the U.S....
In this article: Europe, Seattle, North Sea Jazz Festival, Larry Norman, United States, Jay Leno, and Phil Keaggy
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www.washingtonpost.com | May 18, 2008
Vincent A. Puritano, 42; Network Security Specialist
...locales included Prague and Budapest. He also traveled to Japan, Central America and the Caribbean and loved the beaches of Rehoboth, Chincoteague, East Hampton, N.Y., and Hutchinson Island, Fla. Mr. Puritano was a movie buff and...
In this article: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Arlington, Cancer, Bishop Ireton High School, Hodgkin's lymphoma, and United Press International
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George Meegan
...the Today show three times, CBS Morning News and on Larry King Live. Meegan lives in both England and Japan with his wife, Yoshiko; they have two children. First and only journey on foot crossing South and Central America First and...
In this article: Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, England, Atlantic, South America, Latin America, and Central America
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MedicineNet | June 30, 2009
Air Traffic Patterns Predict Swine Flu Spread
...with 149,137 arrivals, France with 47,501, then Spain, Germany, Cuba, Argentina, Italy, Brazil, Guatemala, United Kingdom, Colombia, Japan, Chile, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Netherlands, Peru and Switzerland. Cities receiving the...
In this article: FLU, Mexico, University of California, Canada, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, South America, and World Health Organization
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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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