| Japanese Empire 日本帝国 Timeline: Battle of Manzikert
OTL equivalent: Japan | ||||||
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| Motto: "天皇への誓い" ("Oath to the Emperor") |
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| Anthem: Kimigayo (His Imperial Majesty's Reign) |
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| Capital | Kyoto | |||||
| Largest city | Edo | |||||
| Other cities | Osaka, Hiroshima, Sapparo | |||||
| Official languages | Japanese | |||||
| Ethnic groups | Japanese (98.8%) | |||||
| Religion | Shintoism, Japanese Buddhism | |||||
| Demonym(s) | Japanese | |||||
| Leaders | ||||||
| - | Emperor | Naruhito | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Imaeda Rika | ||||
| Legislature | National Diet | |||||
| - | Upper house | House of Councillors | ||||
| - | Lower house | House of Representatives | ||||
| Establishment | 1873/74 | |||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 377,975 km2 234,862.78 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 1.40 (as of 2015 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | Estimate | ▲ 144,120,000 (2021 estimate) | ||||
| - | census | 141,242,120 (2015 Census) | ||||
| - | Density | 381.3/km2 147.22/sq mi |
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| GDP (nominal) | estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $6.7 trillion | ||||
| - | Per capita | $46,489.03 | ||||
| HDI | (2019): ▲ 8.999 (high) | |||||
| Currency | Japanese Yen (¥) | |||||
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) | |||||
| Drives on the | left | |||||
| Internet TLD | .jap | |||||
| Calling code | 83 | |||||
Japan (Japanese: 日本, Nippon or Nihon), officially the Japanese Empire (Japanese 日本帝国, or Nihon teikoku) is a constitutional monarchy located on an archipelago in East Asia. It is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. Part of the Ring of Fire, Japan spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering 377,975 square kilometers (145,937 sq mi); the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Kyoto is Japan's capital and Edo is its largest city; other major cities include Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto.
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