By JERUSALEM POST STAFFJapan
Coordinates: 36 00 N, 138 00 E
Area: 377,835 sq.km.
Coastline: 29,751 km
Lowest Point: Hachiro-gata: 4m
Highest Point: Mount Fuji: 3776m
Population: 127,433,494 (2007)
Life Expectancy:
Male: 78.67 years
Female: 85.56 years
Ethnic Groups:
Japanese: 98.5%
Koreans: 0.5%
Chinese: 0.4%
Others: 0.7%
Administrative Divisions: 47 prefectures
Independence: 660 BC
Suffrage: 20 years of age
GDP: $4.883 trillion
GDP-per capita: $33,100
Labor Force: 66.44 million
Unemployment: 4.1%
Electricity - production: 996 billion kWh
Electricity - consumption: 946.3 billion kWh
Oil - production: 125,000 bbl/day
Oil - consumption: 5.578 million bbl/day
Telephones - main lines: 55.155 million
Telephones - Cellular: 101.7 million
Airports: 175
Railways: 23,474 km
Roadways: 1.183 million km
Waterways: 1,770 km
Military Service: 18 years of age, voluntary
Land Boundaries: 0
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