Japan, Japonia, Nihon, Nippon
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While retaining its time-honored culture, Japan rapidly absorbed Western technology during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After its devastating defeat in World War II, Japan recovered to become the second most powerful economy in the world and a staunch ally of the US. While the emperor retains his throne as a symbol of national unity, actual power rests in networks of powerful politicians, bureaucrats, and business executives. The economy experienced a major slowdown in the 1990s following three decades of unprecedented growth.

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1. Dependency status: NA

2. Government type: constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government

3. Location: Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula

4. Border Countries: none

5. Climate: varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north

6. Terrain: mostly rugged and mountainous

7. Area: 377,835 km2: includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto)

8. Capital: Tokyo

9. 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, Yamanashi

10. Population: 126,771,662 (July 2001 est.)

11. Languages: Japanese 99.4%, Korean 0.6% (1999)

12. Religions: observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)

13. Currency: yen (JPY)

14. Original language tekst: NA


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21. Recommended Travel Oficies in Japan:

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22. Airlines:

  • Japan Airlines Europe (JL) - www.jal-europe.com
  • Cathay Pacyfic Airways (CX) - www.cathaypacific.com
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24. Japan office in Poland:

  • Japan Embassy
    ul. Szwoleżerów 8
    00-464 Warszawa
    tel. (022) 696-50-00; fax 696-50-01
  • Wydział Konsularny
    tel. (022) 696-50-05; fax 696-50-06
  • Wydział Informacji i Kultury
    al. Jana Pawła II
    00-584 Warszawa (Atrium Business Centre)
    tel. (022) 653-94-30; fax 653-94-31
    e-mail: info-cul@emb-japan.pl
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  • SKYTRAX | the World Airline Site - The World Airline Site for latest Airline News, Airline Passenger Surveys, global Airline standards Rating, Best Airline and Airport of the Year, Airline Flight Reviews, Airline Quality Star Ranking across the world
  • slowniki.onet.pl - dictionary translating from polish and english, german, french, italian, spanish, russian etc.
  • babelfish.altavista.com - dictionary translaiting both ways in 25 lanquages useful in translating texts
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