Source: The World Factbook
| Area: | 377,835 sq km |
| Capital: | Tokyo |
| Geographic coordinates: | 36 00 N, 138 00 E |
| Climate: | varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north |
| Government: | constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government |
| Currency: | yen (JPY) |
| Literacy(%): | 99 |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Ethnicity/race: | Japanese, others(Korean, Chinese, Brazilian, Filipino, other) |
| Religions: | observe both Shinto and Buddhist, other (including Christian) |
| Industries: | among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods |
| Natural resources: | negligible mineral resources, fish |