10 interesting facts about Japan

  1. Japan (日本, Nippon or Nihon, officially 日本国 Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku ie. States, Japan, or “The land where the sun is rising”) is an island country in East Asia, located on the chain of islands east of the Asian continent, the western edge of the Pacific ocean, north of Eastchinese sea. Japan is made up of over 3,000 islands, the largest islands from north to south are: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, which make up more than 97% of the area. A larger number of smaller islands surround these four, as well as a group of remote islands of Okinawa and Ryukyu.japan
  2. 66% of the area is covered by forests and 80% of the mountains, so Japan is a mountainous country.
  3. Japan is a constitutional monarchy, with Emperor Akihito at the head of state. The Japanese flag is officially called nisshoku or sun flag (日 章 旗) or in everyday speech is called Hinomaru or solar disk (日 の 丸). The national anthem is Kimi ga Yo.
  4. Tokyo (東京) is the capital city, which with neighboring cities has about 32 million inhabitants and is the largest capital city in the world.
  5. Japan’s history is divided into 13 periods (Jomon jidai, Yayoi jidai, Yamato, Nara, Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi, Momoyama, Edo, Meiji, Taisho, Showa jidai). Currently, the Heisei period runs from 1989 to today.
  6. On the island of Honshu (The Main Land) there are more than 80% of the population.
  7. Japanese law is in the early period was influenced by Chinese law. In the Edo period at the time of the Tokugawa Shogunate government Japanese legal system is independently developed. During the second half of the 19th century, especially in recent decades after the Meiji reform of the legal system is strongly influenced by European civil law, in particular French and German. In 1896 declared the Civil Code modeled on the German with some small changes, especially after the end of World War II.
  8. Japan has one of the largest fishing fleets in the world, and 15% of the world’s fish catch is in Japan.
  9. Japan has strict immigration policy, and 99% of the population are Japanese Mongolian origin.
  10. While the Japanese is the official language, (similar to a Korean belongs to the Altaic language family), from the 19th century to standard language is Tokyo’s.

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