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According to microedu, Japan is a democratic unitary legal state with a parliamentary monarchy as a form of government. The 1947 Constitution is in force. The territory of Japan is divided into 47 prefectures classified into four types: to (Tokyo), fu (Osaka, Kyoto), do (Hokkaido), and ken (43 other prefectures). The island of Hokkaido is entirely included in the prefecture of the same name. The following prefectures are located on the island of Honshu: Aichi, Akita, Aomori, Wakayama, Gifu, Gunma,…

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In the nineties, many elements intervened to upset the equilibrium that had been taking shape: first of all, the competition now openly exercised by the first among the NIC (South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore), which had greatly improved the technological quality of their products while maintaining their competitiveness, and the explosion of the Chinese economy, with GDP growth rates ten times higher than those of Japan, in the meantime much reduced. Started with the outflow of labor flows, often…

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According to abbreviationfinder, Tokyo is the capital of Japan , on Honshū , on the inner Tokyo Bay (Tōkyō-wan) of the Pacific Ocean, consisting of 23 urban districts (Ku) with a total of 622 km 2 area and (2018) 9.6 million residents. The Tokyo Prefecture (Tōkyō-to), which has a special status and covers 2 191 km 2 with (2018) 13.8 million residents, includes numerous other cities in addition to the capital, including Hachiōji, Machida, Fuchū, Chōfu, Mitaka, Hino, Kodaira, Tachikawa…

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Japan – country information Country name Japan Official name Japan Capital Tokyo Continent Asia Area 377,873 km2 Population 127,180,000 (2014) The highest mountains Fuji 3776 m The largest lakes Biwa 695 km2 State system pluralistic constitutional monarchy with a bicameral parliament The biggest cities Tokyo (capital city) 11,950,000, Yokohama 3,325,000, Osaka 2,640,000 Official language Japanese Ethnicity/National Composition Japanese 99.2%, Korean 0.6%, other 0.2% Religious affiliation Shinto 39.5%, Buddhist 38.3%, Christian 3.8%, other 18.4% Currency 1 yen = 100 sen gross…

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