Local name: 
Japan, Nihon or Nippon 

Capital: 
Tokyo 

Population:
Total 127 million.

Major cities/populations :

City	Population
Tokyo	12. Mill.
Yokohama	3,4. Mill.
Osaka	2,6. Mill.
Nagoya	2,2. Mill
Sapporo	1,8. Mill
Kobe	1,5. Mill
Fukuoka	1,3. Mill
Sendai	1,0. Mill

Geography: 
Japan consists of more than 6800 islands in a curve that is more than 3800 kilometers from north to south. The 4 biggest islands are the main island Honshu, Hokkaido the north and Shikoku and Kyushu in the south.

Climate: 
Japan has a tempered climate except for the island of Okinawa which has a tropical climate and the Island of Kyushu that has subtropical climate. The island of Hokkaido is quite similar to the weather in Scandinavia.

Government: 
Japan is a parliamentary democracy with the emperor Akihito as the ruler. The power is held by the elected politicians in the two chamber parliament.

Currency:
Japanese Yen (JPY)

Time Zone:
Timezone in Japan is GMT + 9

Area:
377.835 km²

Official Language:
Japanese

Highest point:
3.776 m (Mt. Fuji)

Country code:
+81

Power
The electricity is Japan is only 100 volts and 50 hertz in eastern Japan and 60 hertz in western Japan.