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Foreign Policy: Playing Our Cards Right With India...for India's economic development. India is expected to bypass Japan in the 2020s as the world's third-largest economy, and to bypass China in the early 2030s as the world's most populous country. India is the kind of revisionist power... In this article: India, Barack Obama, Washington, Manmohan Singh, Democracy, United States, China, White House, and Asia |
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New Kerala | November 16, 2009
India emerges as lucrative option for Malaysian timber exporters
...a robust 17.1 per cent jump compared to the previous year. 'India is Malaysia's third largest importer of timber and timber products after Japan and the United States. When our traditional markets are down, India has shown a positive...
In this article: India, Malaysia, Recession, Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, and New Delhi
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Centre Daily Times | 7 days ago
Travel Indochina Offers Small Group Journeys with Big Savings for Extraordinary Vacation Experiences in Asia
...travel, is offering its popular Small Group Journeys to exciting destinations including Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Japan, India and Tibet at significant savings for exceptional adventures. As more travelers desire unique experiences...
In this article: Asia, Luang Prabang, Halong Bay, Vietnam, and Laos
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IDC Readies ICT Sustainability Index Ahead of United Nations’ COP15 Climate Change Conference
...it is more important to understand why each nation is in a particular tier. " Six of the G20 nations come from Asia/Pacific, including Japan, China, and India. "It is clear that Asia will play a prominent role in the ICT Sustainability...
In this article: IDC, Climate change, Trademark, Asia, Copenhagen, Carbon, United Nations, and China
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PR Newswire: Technology | November 16, 2009
China, India and Japan Fuel Rapid Growth in Asia Pacific Internet Audience
China, India and Japan Fuel Rapid Growth in Asia Pacific Internet Audience See more news releases in: Internet Technology, Computer Electronics, Multimedia & Internet, Surveys, Polls and Research China, India and Japan Fuel Rapid Growth in...
In this article: Pacific Internet, Asia, India, China, Nasdaq, and Singapore
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BusinessWeek Online | November 15, 2009
Best Business Undergrad Employers
...to work. Undergraduate business and engineering students in 11 of the world's 12 leading economies, including the U.S., the U.K., China, Japan, Canada, Russia, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, and India, provided their feedback. The slides...
In this article: Canada, Italy, U.K., Germany, India, France, U.S., Spain, and Russia
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Westin Hotels Opens Six Hotels in Six Weeks
...brand will continue its meaningful international expansion in 2010. Next year's 12 openings span Canada, China, Greece, Japan, India, Mexico and the United States. "The Westin brand is at a pivotal point in its life cycle, with an...
In this article: Westin Hotels, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, India, Hyderabad, United States, and White Plains
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Prime Newswire | 2 days ago
Hynix Standardizes on Magma's FineSim Pro and FineSim SPICE for Full-Chip Verification of Large Memory Designs
...verification, circuit simulation and characterization. The company maintains headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and offices throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India. Magma's stock trades on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol...
In this article: Hynix, Trademark, Facebook, San Jose, California, Safe harbor, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Twitter
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India, Japan to accelerate anti-piracy efforts in Gulf of Aden
India, Japan to accelerate anti-piracy efforts in Gulf of Aden New Delhi, Nov 9 : Defence Minister A.K. Antony, who is on his maiden visit to Japan, Monday met his Japanese counterpart Toshimi Kitazawa and in a joint statement said the two...
In this article: A.K. Antony, India, Yukio Hatoyama, and New Delhi
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 05, 2009
Revealed: polluters' fear tactics on climate
...climate change. The report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists examined the climate lobby in eight countries including the US, Canada, Australia, India, Japan, China, Belgium and Brazil. It relied on more than...
In this article: Climate change, Coal, Copenhagen, UN, Australia, US, Unfair competition, and Carbon
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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:
- Japanese
- None
- 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:
- February 11, 0660
- Formations:
- National Foundation Day
- Area:
- 377,873
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $4.356 trillion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 24th
- 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:
- International Symbol ¥ Pronounced (Yen)
- Demonym:
- Japanese
- Drives On:
- left
- Currency (code):
- JPY
- Country Calling Code:
- 81
- ccTLD:
- .jp
- Anthem:
- Kimigayo
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