| Japan : Geographic coordinates |
36 00 N, 138 00 E |
| Japan : Population growth rate |
-0.242% (2010 est.) |
| Japan : Birth rate |
7.41 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) |
| Japan : Death rate |
9.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Japan : People living with HIV/AIDS |
9,600 (2007 est.) |
| Japan : Independence |
660 BC |
| Japan : National holiday |
Birthday of Emperor AKIHITO, 23 December |
| Japan : Constitution |
3 May 1947 |
| Japan : GDP |
purchasing power parity -$4.137 trillion (2009 est.) |
| Japan : GDP - per capita |
purchasing power parity -$32,600 (2009 est.) |
| Japan : Electricity - consumption |
925.5 billion kWh (2008 est.) |
| Japan : Exports |
$450 billion motor vehicles, semiconductors, office machinery, chemicals |
| Japan : Imports |
$355 billion fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, office machinery |
| Japan : Telephones |
47.579 million (2008) |
| Japan : Mobile cellular |
110.395 million (2008) |
| Japan : Radio broadcast stations |
AM 215 (plus 370 repeaters), FM 89 (plus 485 repeaters), shortwave 21 (2001) |
| Japan : Radios |
120.5 million |
| Japan : Television broadcast stations |
211; note - in addition, US Forces are served by 3 TV stations and 2 TV cable services (1999) |
| Japan : Televisions |
86.5 million |
| Japan : Internet country code |
.jp |
| Japan : Internet Service Providers (ISPs) |
47.249 million (2009) |
| Japan : Internet users |
90.91 million (2008) |
| Japan : Railways |
26,435 km |
| Japan : Highways |
1,203,777 km |
| Japan : Waterways |
1,770 km (seagoing vessels use inland seas) (2007) |
| Japan : Pipelines |
gas 3,879 km; oil 167 km; oil/gas/water 53 km (2009) |
| Japan : Ports and harbors |
Chiba, Kawasaki, Kobe, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Tomakomai, Yohohama |
| Japan : Merchant marine |
683 ships |
| Japan : Airports |
176 (2009) |
| Japan : Heliports |
15 |
| Japan : Military branches |
Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD): Ground Self-Defense Force (Rikujou Jietai, GSDF), Maritime Self-Defense Force (Kaijou Jietai, MSDF), Air Self-Defense Force (Koku Jieitai, ASDF) (2009) |
| Japan : Military expenditures |
0.8% of GDP (2006) |
