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Japan Map

Japan Map - Asia Map

Area:
377,835 sq km
Population:
127,214,499 (As of July 2003)

Location: Northeast Asia  -  Japan Maps 

Capital: Tokyo (Population: About 2,650,000)

Administrative Divisions: 47 prefectures (Map)

Flag of Japan: Hinomaru 

Time: 9 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+9). All area in Japan is in the same time zone. (Japan Time Chart)

Electricity: 100 volts.  50 Hertz in eastern Japan and 60 Hertz in western Japan.

Currency: Yen (JPY)  *Currency Converter

Weather Climate in Japan

Natural Hazzards: Typhoons / Tsunami / Earthquakes / Active Volcanoes / *Handling Emergencies in Japan

Religion: Shinto and Buddhist (about 80%)

Language: Japanese

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Airports in Japan / Railways in Japan

Japanese Food

Etiquette in Japan

Resource: CIT The World Fact Book

 

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