What is Japan?

Japan is an East Asian island nation, also called Nippon.

Japan may also refer to:

• Japan (band), a British art rock band
• Japan (Buronson manga), a 1992 manga with art by Kentarou Miura
• Japan

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For the Radiohead song, see "The National Anthem".

A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a country's government as the official
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capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of "capital") is the center of government.
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Japan's population, currently 127,463,611, experienced a high growth rate during the late 19th and early 20th century, as a result of scientific, industrial, and social changes.
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Tokyo Metropolis (東京都 Tōkyō-to)

Capital n/a
Region Kantō
Island Honshū
Governor Shintaro Ishihara
Area 2,187.
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An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in the countries, states, and other territories. It is typically the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, though the law in many nations requires that government documents be produced in other
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Japanese
日本語
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A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. In English, the name of a people's language is often the same as this word, e.g., the "French" (language or people).
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130 million
Regions with significant populations  Japan      127 million
Significant Nikkei populations in:  Brazil [1]
 United States [2]
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government is a body that has the power to make and the authority to enforce rules and laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group.^[1]
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constitutional monarchy is a form of government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges an elected or hereditary monarch as head of state, as opposed to an absolute monarchy, where the monarch is not bound by a constitution and is the sole source of political
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Japan

This article is part of the series:
Politics of Japan

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• Politics of Japan
• Constitution

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• Emperor (list)
• Akihito
• Imperial Household Agency

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• Government

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Akihito
Emperor of Japan

Reign 7 January, 1989 - Present
Coronation 12 November, 1990
Born November 23 1933 (1933--) (age 75)
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Japan

This article is part of the series:
Politics of Japan

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• Politics of Japan
• Constitution

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• Emperor (list)
• Akihito
• Imperial Household Agency

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• Government

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history of Japan began with brief appearances in Chinese history texts from the first century AD. However, archaeological research indicates that people were living on the islands of Japan as early as the upper paleolithic period.
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National Foundation Day (建国記念日, kenkoku kinen-bi; also 建国記念の日, kenkoku kinen-no-hi) is a national holiday in Japan celebrated annually on February 11.
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February 11 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

• 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.

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Anno Domini (Latin: (In)The year of (Our) Lord^[1]), abbreviated as AD or A.D., defines an epoch based on the traditionally reckoned year of the conception or birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
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Constitution of the Empire of Japan (Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國憲法 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国憲法
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November 29 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

• 1777 - San Jose, California, founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe.

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18th century - 19th century - 20th century
1860s  1870s  1880s  - 1890s -  1900s  1910s  1920s
1887 1888 1889 - 1890 - 1891 1892 1893

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Japan

This article is part of the series:
Politics of Japan

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• Politics of Japan
• Constitution

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• Emperor (list)
• Akihito
• Imperial Household Agency

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• Government

..... Read more.

May 3 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1910s  1920s  1930s  - 1940s -  1950s  1960s  1970s
1944 1945 1946 - 1947 - 1948 1949 1950

Year 1947 (MCMXLVII
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The Treaty of San Francisco or San Francisco Peace Treaty between the Allied Powers and Japan, was officially signed by 49 nations on September 8, 1951 in San Francisco, California. It came into force on April 28, 1952.
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April 28 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1920s  1930s  1940s  - 1950s -  1960s  1970s  1980s
1949 1950 1951 - 1952 - 1953 1954 1955

Year 1952 (MCMLII
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Water is a common chemical substance that is essential to all known forms of life.^[1] In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or state, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor.
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