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 Main prefix
 JA 
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          Japan          
 
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White with a large red disk (representing the sun without rays) in the center.
 
          Japan          
 
 Japan 
 Capital: 
Tokyo
 Administrative
 divisions: 
47 prefectures: Aichi, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Gumma, Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Hyogo, Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kochi, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi, Miyazaki, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nara, Niigata, Oita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga, Saitama, Shiga, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo, Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi, and Yamanashi.
 Population: 
126,974,628 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
Japanese
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
36° 00' N, 138° 00' E
 Area total: 
377,835 sq. km
includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto)
 Land area: 
374,744 sq. km
 Water area: 
3,091 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
0 km
 Coastline: 
29,751 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Hachiro-gata -4 m - Fujiyama 3,776 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.jp
 Currency: 
Yen (JPY)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
none
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Japan
 Independence: 
660 BC (traditional founding by Emperor Jimmu)
 Constitution: 
3 May 1947
 Government
 type: 
constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
 National
 holiday: 
Birthday of Emperor AKIHITO, 23 December (1933)
 
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