| Japan :
Geographic coordinates
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36 00 N, 138 00 E
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| Japan :
Population growth rate
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-0.242% (2010 est.)
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| Japan :
Birth rate
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7.41 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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| Japan :
Death rate
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9.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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| Japan :
People living with HIV/AIDS
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9,600 (2007 est.)
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| Japan :
Independence
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660 BC
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| Japan :
National holiday
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Birthday of Emperor AKIHITO, 23 December
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| Japan :
Constitution
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3 May 1947
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| Japan :
GDP
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purchasing power parity -$4.137 trillion (2009 est.)
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| Japan :
GDP - per capita
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purchasing power parity -$32,600 (2009 est.)
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| Japan :
Electricity - consumption
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925.5 billion kWh (2008 est.)
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| Japan :
Exports
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$450 billion motor vehicles, semiconductors, office machinery, chemicals
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| Japan :
Imports
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$355 billion fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, office machinery
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| Japan :
Telephones
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47.579 million (2008)
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| Japan :
Mobile cellular
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110.395 million (2008)
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| Japan :
Radio broadcast stations
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AM 215 (plus 370 repeaters), FM 89 (plus 485 repeaters), shortwave 21 (2001)
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| Japan :
Radios
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120.5 million
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| Japan :
Television broadcast stations
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211; note - in addition, US Forces are served by 3 TV stations and 2 TV cable services (1999)
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| Japan :
Televisions
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86.5 million
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| Japan :
Internet country code
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.jp
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| Japan :
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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47.249 million (2009)
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| Japan :
Internet users
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90.91 million (2008)
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| Japan :
Railways
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26,435 km
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| Japan :
Highways
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1,203,777 km
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| Japan :
Waterways
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1,770 km (seagoing vessels use inland seas) (2007)
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| Japan :
Pipelines
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gas 3,879 km; oil 167 km; oil/gas/water 53 km (2009)
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| Japan :
Ports and harbors
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Chiba, Kawasaki, Kobe, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Tomakomai, Yohohama
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| Japan :
Merchant marine
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683 ships
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| Japan :
Airports
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176 (2009)
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| Japan :
Heliports
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15
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| Japan :
Military branches
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Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD): Ground Self-Defense Force (Rikujou Jietai, GSDF), Maritime Self-Defense Force (Kaijou Jietai, MSDF), Air Self-Defense Force (Koku Jieitai, ASDF) (2009)
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| Japan :
Military expenditures
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0.8% of GDP (2006)
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