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National name: Nippon
Emperor: Akihito (1989)
Prime Minister: Keizo Obuchi (1998)
Area: 145,874 sq. mi. (377,835 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 126,182,077 (average annual rate of natural increase: 0.24%); birth rate: 10.5/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.1/1000; density per sq. mi.: 865
Capital and largest city: Tokyo: city proper (1995 census) 7,967,614; metro. area (1996 est.) 27,242,000
Other large cities: Osaka: city proper (1995 census) 2,602,352; metro area (1996 est.) 10,618,000; Yokohama, 3,307,136; Nagoya, 2,162,000; Sapporo, 1,719,000; Kobe, 1,501,000; Kyoto, 1,456,000; Fukuoka, 1,263,000; Kawasaki, 1,196,000; Hiroshima, 1,099,000
Monetary unit: Yen
Language: Japanese
Ethnicity/race: Japanese 99.4%, other 0.6% (mostly Korean)
Religions: Shintoist, 111.8 million; Buddhist, 93.1 million; Christian, 1.4 million; other, 11.4 million
Literacy rate: 99%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $2.903 trillion; $23,100 per capita. Real growth rate: –2.6%. Inflation: 0.9%. Unemployment: 4.4% (Nov. 1998). Arable land: 11%. Agriculture: rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit; pork, poultry, dairy products, eggs; fish. Labor force: 67.72 million (November 1998); trade and services, 50%; manufacturing, mining, and construction, 33%; utilities and communication, 7%; agriculture, forestry, and fishing, 6%; government, 3% (1994). Industry: among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of steel and nonferrous metallurgy, heavy electrical equipment, construction and mining equipment, motor vehicles and parts, electronic and telecommunication equipment, machine tools, automated production systems, locomotives and railroad rolling stock, ships, chemicals; textiles, processed foods. Exports: $440 billion (f.o.b., 1998): manufactures (including machinery, motor vehicles, consumer electronics). Imports: $319 billion (c.i.f., 1998): manufactures, foodstuffs and raw materials, fossil fuels. Major trading partners: U.S., EU, Southeast Asia, China.
