Full country name: Japan (Nihon)
Area: 377,435 sq km (234,010 sq mi)
Population: 126.5 million
Capital city: Tokyo (pop 11 million)
People: Japanese (including indigenous Ainu & Okinawans), Korean
System of Government: Representative Democracy
Language: Japanese
Literacy Rate: 99%
Ethnic Background: Japanese
Religion: The Japanese are very tolerant of different faith and it is not unusual for an individual to subscribe to more than one. Most Japanese will marry in the Shinto faith and be buried in the Buddhist faith. In 1991, 86% of the population practised Shintoism, 77% Buddhism, 1.2% Christianity, and 9% other non-Christian faiths
Government: Constitutional monarchy
Head of State: Emperor Akihito

Japanese History