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Capital:
Tokyo

Area:
377,835 km²

Population:
127,086,000 (2002 estimate)

Language(s):
The official language is Japanese.

Religion(s):
Fully 84% of the Japanese people follow a combination of Buddhism and Japan’s indigenous religion, Shinto; followers of other religions total 16% of the population.

Ethnic Group(s):
Japanese - 99.4%; other (mostly Korean) - 0.6%
     
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Last updated:
2006-06-14
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