Japan
Japan was a nation-state on Earth. This was the home of the Japanese people and culture.

History 
The United States entered the Second World War with an attack on its main naval installation at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7th, 1941 by the Japanese Navy. (; ; )

After meeting her in 2024, Chris Brynner thought that Jadzia Dax's Trill markings were tattoos from Japan. ()

In 2032, Japan took part in the Ares IV mission. ()

Locations
Aomori
Misawa
Kumamoto
Kyoto
Okinawa
Daystrom Institute
Tokyo
Seibu

Culture 
 Akira
 Anbo-jyutsu
 Geisha
 Kei
 Kei/Yuri factor
 Keiyurium
 Manzanar
 Obachan
 Oneamisu receiver
 Oneamisu sector
 Otomo calibration
 Ranma ½ gyro block
 Ranma Nibunnoichi
 Rhea Gall Force
 Samurai
 Sappora system
 Seibu
 Shinto
 Totoro
 Yuri

Japanese cuisine 
 Japanese cuisine
 Oden
 Kelp bud
 Plankton loaf
 Sashimi
 Sea berry
 Soba noodles
 Sushi
 Tempura

Ships with Japanese names 
 
 
 Kobayashi Maru
 
 Kotoi
 
 
 
 Onizuka

Appendices

See also 
 Kobe beef

Background information 
The Bandai company is a Japanese corporation specializing in toys, games, models and videos.

Furuta is a Japanese company that produces models of Star Trek starships and space stations.

Tokyopop is a Japanese-based publisher and distributor of  (Japanese animation) videos and  (Japanese comics) books. They hold a license to produce Star Trek comics.

Tsukuda Hobby is a Japanese toy, game and model company.

In the aborted Star Trek: Phase II series, the Klingon Empire would have been based on Imperial Japan. For further details, see "Kitumba".

In the writers' second draft script of , Malcolm Reed mentioned having visited an active volcano in Japan.

According to a 21st century-era political map of Earth, Japan was an Eastern Asian country. It had coastlines on the North Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan, and the East China Sea. Major cities were Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Nagoya, Osaka, Sapporo, and Yokohama, Its territories were Nampō-Shotō, Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa), and Marcus Island. The Kuril Islands were, "Occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945, administered by Russia, claimed by Japan." This Central Intelligence Agency map, which was seen in the remastered , was published either in April 2007 or September 2008. The difference, which was not noticeable at the resolution of the image from the episode, was the addition of Kosovo, which gained its independence between the releases. 

 Retroactive continuity: A 20th century-era map of the northern Pacific Ocean region was stored in the  library computer in 2254. Japan was an Eastern Asia nation with no land borders with any other nation. It was among the materials viewed by the Talosians when they scanned the Enterprise computer. ()

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