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Japan Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Japan, a country of islands located off the eastern coast of mainland Asia.
About Japan
Population: 124,687,293 (July 2021 est.)
Median age: 48.6 years (2020 est.)
Capital: Tokyo
Religion: Shintoism 70.4%, Buddhism 69.8%, Christianity 1.5%, other 6.9% (Many practice both Shintoism and Buddhism)
Unemployment: 2.36% (2019 est.)
Japan is a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarchy.
Four large islands: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, account for about 98% of the country’s land area.
Japanese society dates back to the Joman period circa 300 BC.
Following an economic boom after World War II, Japan has been stuck in stagnation and deflation since the 1990s.
Japan Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Japan, a country of islands located off the eastern coast of mainland Asia.
About Japan
Population: 124,687,293 (July 2021 est.)
Median age: 48.6 years (2020 est.)
Capital: Tokyo
Religion: Shintoism 70.4%, Buddhism 69.8%, Christianity 1.5%, other 6.9% (Many practice both Shintoism and Buddhism)
Unemployment: 2.36% (2019 est.)
Japan is a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarchy.
Four large islands: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, account for about 98% of the country’s land area.
Japanese society dates back to the Joman period circa 300 BC.
Following an economic boom after World War II, Japan has been stuck in stagnation and deflation since the 1990s.