Japan Geography

Country Name: Japan

Capital City: Tokyo

Population: 127,433,494 (2007 est.)

Population Growth: -0.088% (2007 est.)

Currency: yen (JPY)

Languages: Japanese

Area: 377,835 sq km

Inflation Rate: 0.3% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 4.1% (2006)

Domain extension:

GEOGRAPHIC DETAILS OF JAPAN

Location:

Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula

Geographic Co-ordinates:

36 00 N, 138 00 E

Area - total:

377,835 sq km

Area - total:

377,835 sq km

Area - land:

374,744 sq km

Area - water:

3,091 sq km

Land Boundaries:

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Border Countries:

0 km

Terrain:

mostly rugged and mountainous

Elevation - highest point:

Mount Fuji 3,776 m

Elevation - lowest point:

Hachiro-gata -4 m

Natural Resources:

negligible mineral resources, fish

Arable Land:

11.64%

Permanent Crops:

0.90%

Other Land Use:

87.46% (2005)

Natural Hazards:

many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors) every year; tsunamis; typhoons