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Japan

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Key facts

  • currency: Japanese yen
  • capital city: Tokyo
  • region: Eastern Asia
  • continent: Asia
  • land area: 364,500 km²
  • population: 124,516,650
  • political leader: Yoshihide Suga (Prime Minister)

Location on a map: [36°0′N, 138°0′E]

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Japan is a country in Eastern Asia, Asia. It has a land area of 364,500 km² and a population of 124,516,650. The capital city is Tokyo. The political leader is Yoshihide Suga whose title is Prime Minister.

In the news

Japan has been mentioned 5813 times in the news, here is the latest (trend):

In Japan, Turning the Tables on Rude Customers
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Yellen suggests Japan's yen intervention differs from typical manipulation
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China says relations with Japan at 'critical stage'
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Thousands evacuated as record rains pound northern Japan
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Environment

Japan is one of the countries in Asia and one of the countries in Eastern Asia.
There are cities in Japan. There are wildfires in Japan.
  • Agricultural land: 46,590.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 3.09 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 1,014,064.70 kt
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 33.15 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 39.59 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 8.23 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.91 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 7.52 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 7.76 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 93.02 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 1.26 births per woman
  • Forest area: 249,350 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 93.03 % of total
  • Other greenhouse gas emissions, hfc, pfc and sf6: -21,412.03 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 45.10 years
  • Methane emissions: 25,783.31 kt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 18,498.41 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 64,009,039.00
  • Male population: 60,507,611.00
  • Renewable energy consumption: 8.80 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 316,736.20 km²
  • Rural population: 9,907,790.00
  • Urban land area: 53,452.06 km²
  • Urban population: 114,608,860.00
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 11.57 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Japan by population

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Japan

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use) in Japan

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Japan

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Japan

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Japan (% of total)

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Japan

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Japan

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Japan (% of total)

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Japan

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources in Japan

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Japan

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Japan

Evolution of historical forest area in Japan

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total) in Japan

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Japan

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Japan

Evolution of historical internet access in Japan

Evolution of historical land area in Japan

Evolution of historical median age in Japan

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Japan

Evolution of historical net migration in Japan

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Japan

Evolution of historical population in Japan

Evolution of historical female population in Japan

Evolution of historical male population in Japan

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Japan

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Japan

Evolution of historical rural population in Japan

Evolution of historical total urban land in Japan

Evolution of historical urban population in Japan

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Japan

Distribution of sites in Japan by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Japan by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Japan

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Japan by total fire area

Source

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

Updated: 1 day ago

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