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**Japan**
	island country in East Asia Япония из космоса (май 2003)
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Instance of	sovereign state; island country; country;
Part of	East Asia;
Name in native language	日本国;
Named after	sunrise (names of Japan);
Culture	culture of Japan;
Location	Japanese archipelago; Japan;
Located in or next to body of water	Sea of Japan; Pacific Ocean; Sea of Okhotsk; East China Sea; Philippine Sea;
Capital	Tokyo (de facto, capital of Japan, 1943–);
Basic form of government	constitutional monarchy (1947–);
Legislative body	National Diet;
Executive body	Government of Japan;
Highest judicial authority	Supreme Court of Japan;
Official language	Japanese (de facto);
Anthem	Kimigayo;
Currency	yen;
Head of state	Naruhito (2019–);
Head of government	Shigeru Ishiba (2024–);
Has part(s)	Northern Japan; Eastern Japan; Central Japan; Western Japan; Southern Japan;
Inception	3 May 1947 (The Constitution of Japan);
Significant event	Korean War; Treaty of San Francisco; Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan; Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the United States and Japan; 1964 Summer Olympics (Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture); Expo '70; 1972 Winter Olympics; transfer of sovereignty over Okinawa; 1991 Japanese Recession; Great Hanshin Earthquake; 1998 Winter Olympics; Tōkaimura criticality accident; 2002 FIFA World Cup; Aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami; Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (2011); World War II; 2020 Summer Olympics (2021, Tokyo); Russo-Japanese War;
Highest point	Mount Fuji (3,776 m);
Population	125,440,000 (2022);
Area	377,972.28 km²;
Religion or worldview	Shinto; Buddhism; Christianity;
Follows	Empire of Japan (1947);
Replaces	Empire of Japan; Second Shō Dynasty;
Top-level Internet domain	.jp;
Different from	Japan; Japan;
Maximum temperature record	41.1 degree Celsius (Hamamatsu, 2020); 41.1 degree Celsius (Kumagaya, 2018);
Minimum temperature record	−41 degree Celsius (Asahikawa, 1902);
	35° 00′ 00″ N, 136° 00′ 00″ E
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Japan (日本) is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea, China, Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the southwest.

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National symbol

Flag of Japan
Imperial Seal of Japan
Government Seal of Japan
Emblem of the Office of Prime Minister

Map

Selected maps are included in the Wikimedia Atlas of Japan .

Satellite imagery
1999
Satellite imagery
May 2003
Topographic map
Japan and neighboring seas
Detail map
Region of Japan
Prefecture of Japan
First 2-digit postcode areas of Japan

Nature

Goko Five Lakes (Shiretoko) (WHS)
Shirakami-Sanchi
Yamagata Zao Onsen Ski Resort
Mt. Fuji rising above the clouds.
Akaishi Mountains
Mount Yari
Karasawa Cirque
Kamikochi
Dainichi Mountains from Murodo
Lake Kurobe
The Japanese have long thought of the Sakura as the flower which symbolizes the nation.
Tōjinbō
Leaf symbolizes the Japanese sense of the seasons (Kyoto)
Torokawataira Plateau
Nachi Falls (WHS)
Tottori Sand Dunes
Chibu sekiheki (Oki Island)
Hinase Islands
Kankakei (Shōdo Island)
Jōmon Sugi
(Yakushima)
Okinawa is famous for the beautiful sea.
Kabira Gulf

Garden

Skyline

Building

Castle

Structure of worship

Historic building

Culture

Hina matsuri (March 3). This is the day on which wishes are expressed for the future happiness of girls.
Koinobori is decorated around children's day (May 5), in honor of sons and in the hope that they will grow up healthy and strong.
Chopsticks are small tapered sticks used in pairs of equal length as the traditional eating utensils.
Fusuma are vertical rectangular panels which can slide from side to side to redefine spaces within a room, or act as doors.
Geisha are traditional, female Japanese entertainers whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music and dance.
Shōji is a door, window or room divider consisting of translucent paper over a frame of wood which holds together a lattice of wood or bamboo.
Tatami is a mat used to cover the floor in a Japanese room.

Religion

Torii symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the sacred.
Sandō is the road approaching either a Shinto shrine or a Buddhist temple.
Chōzuya or Temizuya is a Shinto water ablution pavilion for a ceremonial purification rite known as Temizu.
Komainu are statue pairs of lion-like creatures guarding shinto shrines.
Suzu means calling gods and divinized heroes.
At midnight, people listen to joyanokane, bells which ring the old year out at many Buddhist temples all over Japan.

Art

Art of painting

Portrait of Kichijōten (8th C., National Treasure)
Mandala of the Two Realms (9th C., National Treasure)
Portrait of Saicho (11th C., National Treasure)
Illustrated handscroll of the Monk Zuanzang (12th C., National Treasure)
Murasaki Shikibu Diary Emaki (13th C., National Treasure)
Autumn and Winter Landscapes (Sesshu Toyo, 15th C., National Treasure)
Pine Trees (Hasegawa Tohaku, 16th C., National Treasure)
Scenes in and around the capital (1574, National Treasure)
Wind God and Thunder God (Tawaraya Sotatsu, 17th C., National Treasure)
Beauty looking back (Hishikawa Moronobu, 17th C.)
Irises (Ogata Korin, 17th C., National Treasure)
Pine Trees (Maruyama Okyo, 1786, National Treasure)
Three known beauties (Kitagawa Utamaro, 18th C.)
The Kabuki actor Otani Oniji II (Toshusai Sharaku, 1794)
Red Fuji of 36 Views of Mount Fuji (Katsushika Hokusai, 1830)
Nihonbashi of The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hiroshige Utagawa, 1833)
A portrait of Takami Senseki (Watanabe Kazan, 1837, National Treasure)

Sculpture

Gautama Buddha statue by Tori Busshi at Horyuji (7th C.) (WHS)
Todaiji Daibutsu at Todaiji (8th C.) (WHS)
Ganjin wajyo portrait at Tōshōdai-ji (8th C.) (WHS)

Ganjin wajyo portrait at Tōshōdai-ji (8th C.) (WHS)
Amitābha statue by Jōchō at Byōdō-in (11th C.) (WHS)
Usuki Stone Buddhas in Usuki (11-13th C)
Amitābha statue by Kaikei at Jōdo-ji in Ono (12th C.)
Nio statue (Agyō) by Unkei at Todaiji (1203) (WHS)
Mujaku portrait by Unkei at Kōfuku-ji (1208)
Kamakura Daibutsu at Kotokuin (13th C.)
Avalokiteshvara statue by Tankei at Sanjūsangen-dō (13th C.)

Theatre building

Festival

Sport

Sumo
Sumo venues
(Ryogoku Kokugikan)
Sumo ceremony
(Dohyouiri)

Game

Shogi, also known as Japanese chess, is a two-player board game in the same family as Western chess.
Go is an ancient board game for two players.
Karuta (Hyakunin Isshu) is a Japanese card game.

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