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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
4 EVENTS
1947 CE · Pacifist constitution takes effect 1 REF
1964 CE · Postwar economic miracle 2 REFS
1868 - 1945 CE · Meiji and Empire: Revolution from Above
5 EVENTS
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
5 EVENTS
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
4 EVENTS
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
4 EVENTS
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
4 EVENTS
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
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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

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