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Japan
36.0N 138.0E · 26 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
LEGENDARY FOUNDING OF THE IMPERIAL LINE · 660 BCE (TRADITIONAL)
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1945 - present · Postwar Japan: Reconstruction and the Modern Nation
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1947 CE · Pacifist constitution takes effect 1 REF
1964 CE · Postwar economic miracle 2 REFS
1868 - 1945 CE · Meiji and Empire: Revolution from Above
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1889 CE · Meiji Constitution promulgated 2 REFS
1945 CE · Atomic bombings and surrender 2 REFS
1467 - 1868 CE · Sengoku and Edo: Unification and the Long Peace
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c. 1543 CE · Arrival of Europeans and firearms 2 REFS
1590 CE · Hideyoshi completes unification 2 REFS
1185 - 1573 CE · Kamakura and Muromachi: The Age of the Shogun
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1192 CE · Minamoto Yoritomo becomes shogun 2 REFS
1274 and 1281 CE · Mongol invasions repelled 2 REFS
710 - 1185 CE · Nara and Heian: The Classical Age
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710 CE · Capital established at Nara 2 REFS
c. 1010 CE · The Tale of Genji 2 REFS
c. 300 - 710 CE · Yamato and Asuka: The Birth of the State
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c. 3rd-4th century CE · Rise of the Yamato state 2 REFS
c. 538-552 CE · Introduction of Buddhism 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
- Capital
- Tokyo
- Population
- 126 m
- Area
- 377,930 km²
- Region
- Eastern Asia
- Languages
- Japanese
- Currency
- Japanese yen (¥)
- Demonym
- Japanese
- UN member
- Yes
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
Economy
GDP
$4.44 T’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$35,951’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
1.2%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
3.2%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
44.9%’24 WB-WDI
Society
Population
123 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
84.0 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
92.3%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.1’24 WB-WDI
Governance
Voice & accountability
76.4’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
85.3’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
91.9’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
75.8’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
83.0’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
75.3’24 WB-WGI
Health
Health spending
10.7%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
2.65’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
2.4’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
95.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
98.7%’24 WB-WHO
Education
Education spending
3.3%’21 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
101.1%’23 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
101.5%’23 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
64.5%’23 WB-UNESCO
Technology
R&D spending
3.4%’23 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
5,609’23 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
85.5%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
178’23 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
17.6%’24 WB-WDI
Geography
Land area
364,569 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
68.4%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
12.6%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
7.8’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
8.8%’21 WB-WDI
Resources
Resource rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Military
Military burden
1.4%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$55 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
261,000’20 WB-SIPRI
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- GDP — 2025 observation published ($4.44 T), superseding 2024 ($4.03 T) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP per capita — 2025 observation published ($35,951), superseding 2024 ($32,487) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP growth — 2025 observation published (1.2%), superseding 2024 (0.1%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Inflation — 2025 observation published (3.2%), superseding 2024 (2.7%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Trade openness — 2024 value revised by the publisher: 46.4% → 44.9% — -1.55 points → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (100.0%), superseding 2023 (100.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (123 m), superseding 2024 (124 m) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (92.3%), superseding 2024 (92.2%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14