Japan , JP

Independent country in East Asia, situated on an archipelago of five main and over 6,800 smaller islands

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The country has a total area of 145,935.93 square miles (377972.28 km²).

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Population :	125,961,625
Country :	Japan
Head of government :	Prime Minister of Japan
Twitter username :	JapanGov
Plate code :	J
Area :	377972.28 km²
Official name :	日本国
Has part :	Western Japan
Continent :	Asia
Annual number of weddings :	635156
Easternmost point :	Point(153.986388888 24.283055555)
Northernmost point :	Point(141.936583333 45.523027777)
Legislative body :	National Diet
Official language :	Japanese
Capital :	Nagaoka-kyō
Establishment :	May 05, 1947 (73 years ago)
Time Zone :	Japan Standard Time
Local time :	04:38:32 (6th March 2021)

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Yoshihide Suga , 16 September, 2020 -
Shinzō Abe , 16 September, 2020 26 December, 2012 -

Japan has 7 neighbors .

Taiwan A democratic republic in East Asia with limited recognition
Republic of the Philippines Independent country in Southeast Asia
People’s Republic of China Independent country in East Asia
Republic of Korea Independent country in East Asia
Russian Federation Independent country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
United States Independent country in North America
federal socialist state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia (1922–1991)

Nagasaki Prefecture
Toyama Prefecture
Miyagi Prefecture
Akita Prefecture
Ibaraki Prefecture
Tochigi Prefecture
Fukushima Prefecture
Kumamoto Prefecture
Ishikawa Prefecture
Yamagata Prefecture
Wakayama Prefecture
Nagano Prefecture
Kagoshima Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture
Iwate Prefecture
Okinawa Prefecture
Aichi Prefecture
Gunma Prefecture
Ehime Prefecture
Fukui Prefecture
Gifu Prefecture
Fukuoka Prefecture
Ōsaka Prefecture
Saitama Prefecture
Hyōgo Prefecture
Aomori Prefecture
Yamanashi Prefecture
Mie Prefecture
Tokushima Prefecture
Hokkaidō
Shimane Prefecture
Ōita Prefecture
Niigata Prefecture
Nara Prefecture
Chiba Prefecture
Kagawa Prefecture
Kyōto Prefecture
Kōchi Prefecture
Saga Prefecture
Miyazaki Prefecture
Tottori Prefecture
Yamaguchi Prefecture
Hiroshima Prefecture
Shiga Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
Tokyo
Okayama Prefecture

Year	Population	Method
1960	92,500,572	(Worldbank)
1961	94,943,000	(Worldbank)
1962	95,832,000	(Worldbank)
1963	96,812,000	(Worldbank)
1964	97,826,000	(Worldbank)
1965	98,883,000	(Worldbank)
1966	99,790,000	(Worldbank)
1967	100,725,000	(Worldbank)
1968	101,061,000	(Worldbank)
1969	103,172,000	(Worldbank)
1970	104,345,000	(Worldbank)
1971	105,697,000	(Worldbank)
1972	107,188,000	(Worldbank)
1973	108,079,000	(Worldbank)
1974	110,162,000	(Worldbank)
1975	111,940,000	(Worldbank)
1976	112,771,000	(Worldbank)
1977	113,863,000	(Worldbank)
1978	114,898,000	(Worldbank)
1979	115,870,000	(Worldbank)
1980	116,782,000	(Worldbank)
1981	117,648,000	(Worldbank)
1982	118,449,000	(Worldbank)
1983	119,259,000	(Worldbank)
1984	120,018,000	(Worldbank)
1985	120,754,000	(Worldbank)
1986	121,492,000	(Worldbank)
1987	122,091,000	(Worldbank)
1988	122,613,000	(Worldbank)
1989	123,116,000	(Worldbank)
1990	123,537,000	(Worldbank)
1991	123,921,000	(Worldbank)
1992	124,229,000	(Worldbank)
1993	124,536,000	(Worldbank)
1994	124,961,000	(Worldbank)
1995	125,570,246	census
1996	125,757,000	(Worldbank)
1997	126,057,000	(Worldbank)
1998	126,400,000	(Worldbank)
1999	126,631,000	(Worldbank)
2000	126,925,843	census
2001	127,149,000	(Worldbank)
2002	127,445,000	(Worldbank)
2003	127,718,000	(Worldbank)
2004	127,761,000	(Worldbank)
2005	127,767,994	census
2006	127,854,000	(Worldbank)
2007	128,001,000	(Worldbank)
2008	128,063,000	(Worldbank)
2009	128,047,000	(Worldbank)
2010	128,057,352	census
2011	127,833,000	(Worldbank)
2012	127,629,000	(Worldbank)
2013	127,445,000	(Worldbank)
2014	127,276,000	(Worldbank)
2015	127,094,745	census
2016	126,994,511	(Worldbank)
2017	126,785,797	census
2018	126,434,565	Sevastopol
2019	126,309,690	Sevastopol
2020	125,961,625	Sevastopol

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