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{{Coord|35|N|136|E|display=title}}
}} |''Nippon-koku'' |''Nihon-koku''}}
|image_flag = Flag of Japan.svg
|alt_flag = Centered reid circle on a white rectangle.
|common_name = Japan
|linking_name = Japan
|image_coat = Imperial Seal of Japan.svg
|alt_coat = Gowden circle subdividit bi gowden wedges wi roondit ooter edges an thin black ootlines.
|symbol_type = Imperial Seal
|other_symbol_type = [[Govrenment Seal o Japan]]
|other_symbol = {{unbulleted list | |{{larger|{{Nihongo|五七桐|''Go-Shichi no Kiri''}}}}}}
|image_map = Japan (orthographic projection).svg
|map_width = 220px
|national_anthem = {{unbulleted list|"''[[Kimigayo]]''"|{{lower|0.25em|"{{big|{{Nihongo|君が代}}}}"}}}}<br/><center></center>
|official_languages = None<ref>{{cite web |url=http://houseikyoku.sangiin.go.jp/column/column068.htm |title=法制執務コラム集「法律と国語・日本語」 |publisher=Legislative Bureau of the House of Councillors |accessdate=January 19, 2009 |language=Japanese}}</ref>
|languages_type = [[Naitional leid]]
|languages = [[Japanese leid|Japanese]]
|regional_languages =
 {{unbulleted list|li_style=font-size:95%;
  | [[Ainu leid|Aynu itak]]
  | {{nowrap|[[Ryukyuan leids]]}}
  | [[Eastren Japanese]]
  | [[Wastren Japanese]]
  | {{longitem|style=line-height:1.1em; |{{smaller|several ither [[Japanese dialects]]}}}}
 }}
|demonym = Japanese
|ethnic_groups =
 {{unbulleted list
  | 98.5% [[Japanese fowk|Japanese]]
  |  0.5% [[Koreans in Japan|Korean]]
  |  0.4% [[Cheenese fowk in Japan|Cheenese]]
  |  0.6% ither
 }}
|ethnic_groups_year = 2011{{lower|0.4em|<ref name="cia">{{cite web|title=World Factbook: Japan|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html|publisher=[[CIA]]|accessdate=January 15, 2011|archive-date=2015-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220044055/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
|capital = [[Tokyo]]
|coordinates = {{Coord|35|41|N|139|46|E|type:city}}
|government_type = [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[Pairlamentary seestem|parliamentary]] [[constitutional monarchy]]
|leader_title1 = [[Emperor o Japan|Emperor]]
|leader_name1 = [[Naruhito]] (徳仁)
|leader_title2 = [[Prime Meenister o Japan|Prime Meenister]]
|leader_name2 = [[Fumio Kishida]] (岸田 文雄)
|legislature = [[Naitional Diet]]
|upper_house = [[Hoose o Cooncillors]]
|lower_house = [[Hoose o Representatives (Japan)|Hoose o Representatives]]
|area_footnote = <ref>{{cite web |title=Japan Statistical Yearbook 2010 |publisher=Statistics Bureau |accessdate=January 15, 2011 |url=http://www.stat.go.jp/data/nenkan/pdf/yhyou01.pdf |page=17 |archive-date=2015-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922153823/http://www.stat.go.jp/data/nenkan/pdf/yhyou01.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|area_rank = 62nt
|area_km2 = 377,975
|area_sq_mi = {{convert|377975|km2|sqmi|disp=output number only}}<!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]-->
|percent_water = 1.4
|population_estimate = 125,360,000<ref>{{cite web|title=Population Estimates Monthly Report July 2021)|url=https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/tsuki/index.html|publisher=[[Statistics Bureau (Japan)|Statistics Bureau of Japan]]|date=July 20, 2021}}</ref>
|population_estimate_year = 2021
|population_estimate_rank = 11t
|population_census = 126,226,568<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/stat-search/files?page=1&layout=datalist&toukei=00200521&tstat=000001136464&cycle=0&year=20200&month=24101210&tclass1=000001136465&tclass2=000001154388&tclass3val=0|title=2020 Population Census Preliminary Tabulation|accessdate=June 26, 2021|publisher=[[Statistics Bureau (Japan)|Statistics Bureau of Japan]]}}</ref>
|population_census_year = 2020
|population_density_km2 = 334
|population_densitymi2 = 873.1 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]-->
|population_density_rank = 36t
|GDP_PPP_year = 2019
|GDP_PPP = $5.586 trillion <ref name="IMFWEOJP">{{cite web|url=https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2021/April/weo-report?c=158,&s=NGDP_RPCH,NGDPD,PPPGDP,NGDPDPC,PPPPC,&sy=2019&ey=2026&ssm=0&scsm=1&scc=0&ssd=1&ssc=0&sic=0&sort=country&ds=.&br=1|title=World Economic Outlook database: April 2021|publisher=[[International Monetary Fund]]|date=April 2021}}</ref>
|GDP_PPP_rank = 4t
|GDP_PPP_per_capita = $44,585
|GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 27st
|GDP_nominal = $5.378 trillion
|GDP_nominal_rank = 3rd
|GDP_nominal_year = 2021
|GDP_nominal_per_capita = $42,928
|GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 23rd
|Gini_year = 2018
|Gini_change = <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
|Gini = 33.4 <!--number only-->
|Gini_ref = <ref name="cia"/>
|Gini_rank = 78th
|sovereignty_type = [[History o Japan|Formation]]
|established_event1 = [[Naitional Foundation Day]]
|established_date1 = 11 Februar 660&nbsp;BC<ref>Accordin tae legend, Japan wis foondit on this date bi [[Emperor Jimmu]], the kintra's first emperor.</ref>
|established_event2 = [[Meiji Constitution]]
|established_date2 = November 29, 1890
|established_event3 = {{nowrap|[[Constitution o Japan|Current constitution]]}}
|established_date3 = Mey 3, 1947
|established_event4 = {{nowrap|[[Treaty o San Francisco|San Francisco<br/>Peace Treaty]]}}
|established_date4 = Aprile 28, 1952
|Gini_year = 2018
|Gini_change =  <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
|Gini = 37.6 <!--number only-->
|Gini_ref = <ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://data.oecd.org/inequality/income-inequality.htm|title=Inequality - Income inequality - OECD Data|publisher=[[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|OECD]]|access-date=25 July 2021}}</ref>
|Gini_rank = 78t
|HDI_year = 2019
|HDI_change = increase <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
|HDI = 0.919 <!--number only-->
|HDI_ref = <ref name="UNHDR">{{cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr2020.pdf|title=Human Development Report 2020|language=en|publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]]|date=December 15, 2020|accessdate=December 15, 2020}}</ref>
|HDI_rank = 10th
|currency = [[Japanese yen|Yen]] (¥){{\}}{{transl|ja|''En''}} {{lang|ja|円}}
|currency_code = JPY
|time_zone = [[Japan Staundart Time|JST]]
|utc_offset = +9
|time_zone_DST = nae observed
|utc_offset_DST = +9
|date_format = {{unbulleted list |yyyy-mm-dd |yyyy年m月d日 |{{nowrap|[[Japanese era name|Era]]&nbsp;yy年m月d日 {{small|([[Common Era|CE]]−1988)}}}}}}
|drives_on = [[Richt- an left-hand traffic#Japan|left]]
|calling_code = [[Telephone nummers in Japan|+81]]
|cctld = [[.jp]]
|official_website = [http://www.japan.go.jp www.japan.go.jp]
}}
'''Japan''' ({{lang-ja|日本}} ''Nippon'' {{IPA-ja|nip̚põ̞ɴ|}} or ''Nihon'' {{IPA-ja|nihõ̞ɴ|}}; formally {{nihongo2|日本国}} ''{{audio|help=no|Ja-nippon_nihonkoku.ogg|Nippon-koku}}'' or ''Nihon-koku'', meanin "State o Japan") is a sovereign island naition in Eastren Asie. Locatit in the [[Paceefic Ocean]], it lies off the eastren coast o the Asie Mainland (east o [[Cheenae]], [[Korea]], [[Roushie]]) an stretches frae the [[Sea o Okhotsk]] in the north tae the East Cheenae Sea an [[Taiwan]] in the soothwast.