# Japan

Japan

sovereign state, island country, country| Inception | 3 May 1947  |
| Name | Japan  |
| Official name | 日本国  |
| Native label | 日本  |
| Short name | Japan  |
| Name in kana | にっぽん, にほん  |
| E pipul | Japanese people, Koreans, Chinese people, Ainu people  |
| Rilijon | Shinto, Buddhism, Christianity  |
| Participant in | G4 nations, Treaty of Saint Petersburg, International Space Station  |
| Dem kip am for | National Archives of Japan  |
| Named after | sunrise  |
| Official language | Japanese  |
| Anthem | Kimigayo  |
| Culture | culture of Japan  |
| Motto text | Endless discovery, Y Darganfod Diddiwedd, Descubrimento sen fin  |
| Continent | Asia  |
| Kontri | Japan  |
| Capital | Tokyo  |
| Located in time zone | Japan Standard Time, Asia/Tokyo, UTC+09:00  |
| Located in or next to body of water | Sea of Japan, Pacific Ocean, Sea of Okhotsk, East China Sea, Philippine Sea  |
| Located in/on physical feature | Japanese archipelago, East Asia  |
| Coordinate location | 35°0′0″N 136°0′0″E  |
| Coordinates of easternmost point | 24°16′59″N 153°59′11″E  |
| Coordinates of northernmost point | 45°31′23″N 141°56′12″E  |
| Coordinates of southernmost point | 20°25′31″N 136°4′11″E  |
| Coordinates of westernmost point | 24°27′5″N 122°55′57″E  |
| Highest point | 富士山  |
| Lowest point | Hachirōgata  |
| Basic form of government | constitutional monarchy  |
| Office held by head of state | Emperor of Japan  |
| Head of state | Naruhito  |
| Office held by head of government | Prime Minister of Japan  |
| Head of government | Sanae Takaichi  |
| Has cabinet | Cabinet of Japan  |
| Executive body | Cabinet of Japan  |
| Legislative body | Kokkai  |
| Highest judicial authority | Supreme Court of Japan  |
| Central bank | Bank of Japan  |
| Moni | yen  |
| Has boundary | borders of Japan  |
| Coextensive with | nationwide forecast area  |
| Driving side | left  |
| Electrical plug type | NEMA 1-15, NEMA 5-15  |
| Replaces | Second Shō Dynasty, Dai-Nippon Teikoku  |
| Right to vote | universal suffrage, age limit  |
| Studied by | Japanese studies  |
| Hashtag | Japan, 日本  |
| Top-level Internet domain | .jp  |
| Main regulatory text | Constitution of Japan  |
| Flag | flag of Japan  |
| Coat of arms | Imperial crest of Japan  |
| Has seal, badge, or sigil | Imperial crest of Japan, national seal  |
| Official symbol | Sasakia charonda, Phasianus versicolor, cherry blossom, Chrysanthemum morifolium, 相撲  |
| Topographic map | Atlas of Japan  |
| Geography of topic | Geography of Japan  |
| Has characteristic | free country  |
| History of topic | history of Japan  |
| ‎most populous urban area | Tokyo  |
| Railway traffic side | left  |
| Open data portal | data.go.jp  |
| Economy of topic | economy of Japan  |
| Demographics of topic | demographics of Japan  |
| Gregorian calendar start date | 1 January 1873  |
| WordLift URL |   |
| Mastodon instance URL |    |
| Mobile country code | 440, 441  |
| Telephone country code | +81  |
| Trunk prefix | 0  |
| Emergency phone number | 119, 110, 118  |
| GS1 country code | 450-459, 490-499  |
| Licence plate code | J  |
| Maritime identification digits | 431, 432  |
| Stack Exchange tag |   |
| Unicode character | 🇯🇵  |
| Category for honorary citizens of entity | Q7981952  |
| Category for the view of the item | Category:Views of Japan from above  |
| Category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of Japan  |

**Japan** na kontri for di Pacific Ocean. E ste bai Asia.

Di Prime Minista na Shigeru Ishiba.

OLORIBU OMO OFO

## Tori abaut di ples

For AD 794, Kyoto di kapital. Di Emperor don get no big pawa. Families (clans) wey tek pawa don rul di kontri. Di Fujiwara clan don tek di kontri, den di Taira clan don tek di kontri. Den Yoritomo don tek di kontri, na e don mek militiri Gofment. Di Emperor don se e dey *shogun* (Great General). Den di Hojo clan don take di kontri.

Di Mongols don invade Japan for 1274. Dem win a few battles den go comot. Dem invade Japan again for 1281 na fail.

For 1338 di Ashikaga clan don tek di kontri.

For 1582 Hideyoshi Toyotomi don tek di kontri. E dey "regent". E don unify di kontri. For 1592 na 1597 e don invade Korea. When e don die, Japan don go comot Korea.

Den di Tokugawa clan don take di kontri.

For di 16th century, oyibo don go to Japan. Dem don trade an preach For di 17th century, Japan don kill many Christians na don make di oyibo go comot. Dem se only one ship fit come a year, na Japanese no fit go comot.

For 1857, di USA don make Japan open dem ports.

For 1868 Emperor Mutsuhito don take power from di shogun. E don move di kapital to Edo (Tokyo). Im court don modernize di kontri. Dem don make a constitution for 1889, wey don mek di Emperor di only power.

For 1904, Japan don fight Russia. Japan don win for 1905.

For World War I, Japan don take some colonies of Germany wey be for Asia na di Pacific Ocean.

For 1931, Japan don take Manchuria, wey be for China.

For World War II, Japan don be Axis Power. Di USA don no fit trade oil with Japan. For 1941, Japan don attack di USA for Pearl Harbor. Den di USA don se war on di Axis Powers. Dem go fight Japan a little, go fight mostly for Europe. After Germany don surrender, di USA go fight Japan more. For 1945, di USA don drop two atomic bombs on cities for Japan. Dem se 129,000-226,000 pipul don die. Den Japan don surrender.

After di war, Japan don become industrial na di economy don go well-well.

## Politics

Japan dey get Emperor, wey bi Head of State. Di Emperor no get big big power. Im name bi Akihito.

## Nashonal Diet

Di Nashonal Diet na di Legislative branch for Japan. Japan first get di Diet for 1889. Di Diet dey get two houses: di House of Representatives na di House of Councillors.

## Executive branch

Di Nashional Diet go fit name di Prime Minister. Di Prime Minister go fit name di Ministers in di Cabinet.

## Judicial branch

Di Judicial branch get di Supreme Court and four oda courts.