A Closer Look at Japan

OFFICIAL NAME		Japan (Nihon)
GEOGRAPHY		Four main islands and 3,000 small islands; only 13% of all land can be cultivated
AREA		377,835 sq km / 145,882 sq miles
COMPARATIVE		Approximately the same size as California
POPULATION		124,735,000
CAPITAL		Tokyo (12.275 million)
LITERACY		100% (age 15+ and can read and write)
LANGUAGE		Japanese
RELIGIONS		Buddhist/Shinto - 70% New Religions - 25% Non-religious - 4% Christians - 1%
POLITICS		Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy
INCOME		Per capita income = US$ 38,160 per year
CURRENCY		Yen (¥)
TIME ZONE		GMT/UTC +9
CHURCHES		7,765 Protestant churches
CHURCH RATIO		1 Protestant church for every 16,288 people
SOURCES		Statistics provided by a variety of sources, but mostly the U.S. State Department, the U.N. Statistics Division, and BBC News.

A Travelogue Description of Japan

Read this fun, yet insightful, travelogue account of Japan from the eyes of a first-time visitor, Ken Exner...

• A Window Seat on a Bullet Train into Japan

The Need in Japan

Learn more about Japan and how to pray for its people.

• An Overview: How to Pray for Japan
• Japan's Sociological Needs
• Japan's Spiritual Needs
• Trends and Issues in Japan

Country Profile

• BBC country profile

News: Japan-Specific

• The Japan Times
• Mainichi Daily News
• Daily Yomiuri

News: Asia General

• Channel News Asia (all Asia)
• World News Asia (all Asia)

Travel

• Japan National Tourist Organization
• The Japan Times travel page
• U.S. State Department Travel/Japan consular page 

Map

• Lonely Planet/Japan map

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