Nippon CAPITAL: Tokyo FLAG: The Sun-flag (Hi-no-Maru) consists of a red circle on a white background. ANTHEM: (de facto) Kimigayo (The Reign of Our Emperor), with words dating back to the ninth century. MONETARY UNIT: The yen (¥) of 100 sen is...

Japan POPULATION 126,974,628 SHINTOIST AND/OR BUDDHIST 90 percent "NEW RELIGIONS" c. 10 percent CHRISTIANITY c. 1 percent Country Overview Introduction The nation of Japan is an archipelago off the east coast of Asia, bounded by the...

(2001 est. pop. 127 million). Japan, known as the Land of the Rising Sun, lies off the east coasts of Russia, Korea, and China. Its closest neighbor is Korea, from which it is separated by the Straits of Tsushima, a distance of about 200 kilometers....

Japan Japan is a fascinating country rich in history, culture, and tradition. Formed from a scenic chain of volcanic islands off the coast of Asia, Japan is roughly the size of the U.S. state of California. Because of its mountainous terrain, most of...

country lying off the east coast of Asia. It consists of a great string of islands in a northeast-southwest arc that stretches for approximately 1,500 miles (2,400 km) through the western Pacific Ocean. Nearly the entire land area is taken up by the...

The empire of Japan, located in the Northern Pacific Ocean off the coast of China, consists of four large islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku—and innumerable smaller islands, many of which are inhabited. The total area is 377, 835...

None of these groups was better known than the CHINA INLAND MISSION (CIM). Established by the Englishman JAMES HUDSON TAYLOR in 1865, the CIM had no established support structure. Taylor expected his recruits to “live by faith” and pray for...

Allegations that highranking officers in Japan's Imperial Navy had received bribes from the German munitions firm Siemens Schuckert caused a political crisis that culminated in the resignation of the premier, Admiral Yamamoto Gonnohyoe...

Island country, East Asia, western Pacific Ocean. Its four main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. It is separated from the Asian mainland by the Sea of Japan (East Sea). Area: 145,903 sq mi (377,887 sq km). Population (2005 est.):...

Japan is the world’s second largest economy after the USA and a close economic partner of the European Union (EU). Japan’s strong economy was developed through the car and electronics industries during the post-war era and it rapidly...

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