Japan Overview

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Japan Overview1, the formal name: Japanese

2, location: Eastern Asia Pacific Islands countries; lies between North latitude and 20-46 degrees, 122-149 degrees East longitude.

3, area: 378,000 square kilometers

4, population: 127.4 million, ranking the world's Nineth (March 15, 2003, Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs).

5, the resident foreign population: 2000 Japan resident aliens was 1,310,545, up 14.9% from 1995. From the perspective of citizenship, Korea, Korea ranks first, at 528,904 (40.4%), ranked second in China, 252,680 (19.3%); Brazil third in 188,190 (14.4%), fourth in the Philippines, 93,352 (7.1%).

6, climatic, oceanic temperate monsoon climate, the North-South differences; annual average temperature of 10-20 degrees, and rainfall is between 1000 and 2500 mm.

7, capital: Tokyo

8, system of Government: constitutional monarchy

9, of the Constitution: on May 3, 1947.

10 national holidays: Emperor's birthday-December 23 (1933).

11, administration: Chancellor (Prime Minister) or its provincial Office (the equivalent of ministries).

12, legislation: Congress (Senate and House of representatives bicameral)

13, heads of State: the head of State to Emperor Akihito himself as Emperor Heisei (pingchengyuannian 1989);
Prime Minister to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

14, the main political parties: the ruling liberal democratic party, the new komeito party (Coalition), there are the Democratic Party, the main opposition Social Democratic Party and the Japan Communist Party and so on.

15, voting rights: over 20 years

16, flags: flags

17 and anthem: Kimi ga Yo

18, Defense: ground self-defense force, the maritime self-defense force and the air self-defense force.

19, national flower: Sakura

20, the national pastime: Sumo

21, sport: baseball

22, language: Japan language

23, religion: most Japanese believe both Shinto and Buddhism, some still believe many religions among the believers, believe in Shinto, 96%, Buddhism and 76%, Christian 1.4%, other 12%.

24, education: schooling, 6-15, literacy rate is over 15 years old 99%.

25, fiscal year: from April 1 to March 31

26, the economy: the world's second-largest economy, after the United States, gross domestic product (GDP) of about 500 trillion yen.

27, currency: Yen (according to Japan External Trade Organization conversion rates will be published: February 2003: US $ 1: 119.3 yen).

28, foreign direct investment: 2001-1753 projects, the amount of 3.9548 trillion yen (Japan's Ministry of finance statistics).

29, net external assets: in late 2000 was 179.257 trillion yen (up 34.7%).

30, geography the most: the highest peak is the Mount Fuji, 3776 meters above sea level; the longest rivers in the Shinano River, 367 km long; largest lake is Lake Biwa, an area of 670 square kilometers; largest islands Honshu Island, an area of 228,000 sq km.

31, the rate of deforestation: 0% a year

32, natural hazards: frequent typhoons in summer, heavy rain could lead to flooding; many volcanoes, earthquakes, earthquakes occur each year, about 1500 times, more tremors, earthquakes may be accompanied by a tsunami.

33, territorial disputes and Russia's northern territories (Russia, known as the South Kuril) problems with Korea and takeshima (Korean Dokdo), and China's Diaoyu Islands.



日本概況
1、正式名稱：日本國

2、位置：亞洲東部太平洋上的群島國家；位於北緯20至46度、東經122至149度之間。

3、面積：37.8萬平方公里

4、人口：1億2740萬人，居世界第九位（2003年3月15日日本總務省統計）。

5、常住外國人口：2000年日本常住外國人為131萬545人，比1995年增長14.9%。 從國籍看，韓國、朝鮮居第一位，達52萬8904人（佔40.4%）；中國居第二位，25萬2680人（19.3%）；巴西第三位，18萬8190人（14.4% ）；菲律賓第四位，9萬3352人（7.1%）。

6、氣候：海洋性溫帶季風氣候，南北差異較大；年平均氣溫10至20度，降雨量1000至2500毫米。

7、首都：東京

8、政體：君主立憲制

9、憲法：1947年5月3日制訂。

10、國家節日：天皇誕生日-12月23日（1933年）。

11、行政：總理大臣(首相)及各省廳(相當於部委)。

12、立法：國會（由參議院和眾議院組成的兩院制）

13、國家首腦：國家元首為明仁天皇，年號平成(平成元年為1989年)；
首相為內閣總理大臣小泉純一郎。

14、主要政黨：執政黨為自由民主黨、公明黨(聯合執政）；在野黨主要有民主黨、社會民主黨、日本共產黨等。

15、選舉權：20歲以上

16、國旗：太陽旗

17、國歌：君之代

18、國防：陸上自衛隊、海上自衛隊、航空自衛隊。

19、國花：櫻花

20、國技：相撲

21、國球：棒球

22、語言：日本語

23、宗教：大多數日本人既信神道教又信佛教，有的還信多種宗教，在信教者當中，信神道教的人佔96%，信佛教的佔76%，信基督教的佔1.4 %，其他佔12%。

24、教育：義務教育年限6至15歲，15歲以上識字率為99%。

25、財政年度：每年4月1日至次年3月31日

26、經濟：世界第二大經濟強國，僅次於美國，國內生產總值（GDP）規模約500萬億日元。

27、貨幣：日元（根據日本貿易振興會公佈​​換算率：2003年2月為1美元:119.3日元）。

28、對外直接投資：2001年度1753個項目，金額3萬9548億日元（日本財務省統計）。

29、海外淨資產：2000年末為179萬2570億日元（同比增長34.7%）。

30、地理之最：最高峰為富士山，海拔3776米；最長河流為信濃川，全長367公里；最大湖泊為琵琶湖，面積670平方公里；最大島嶼為本州島，面積22.8萬平方公里。

31、森林采伐率：每年0%

32、自然災害：夏季颱風頻繁，暴雨可能帶來洪水；多火山，地震頻繁，每年約發生地震1500次，多為微震，強震可能伴隨海嘯。

33、領土爭端：與俄羅斯的北方領土(俄稱南千島)問題，與韓國的竹島(韓稱獨島)問題，與中國的釣魚島問題。Ch.-Jp.