Key facts
Official Name: Japan
Capital City: Tokyo
Type of Government: Constitutional Monarchy with a
parliamentary government
Official Languages: Japanese
Area: 377,915 sq. km/145,914 sq. mi.
Population: 127 million
Religion: Shintoism (79.2%) and Buddhism (66.8%), many
belong to both. Christianity (1.5%), other (7.1%)
Currency: Yen (¥)
Number of Time Zones: 1
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) plus 9 hrs.; Eastern Standard Time (EST)
plus 14 hrs. Japan does not observe Daylight Saving Time.
Weights and Measures: Metric system
Country Domain: .jp
Country Tel Code: 81
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