hubungan jepang dan jerman didirikan pada 1860 dengan kunjungan kedutaan besar pertama ke jepang dari prusia (sebelum pembentukan kekaisaran jerman pada 1871).
jepang yang melakukan modernisasi setelah restorasi meiji pada 1867, sering menggunakan model-model jerman dalam pertukaran kebudayaan dan pengetahuan.
setelah 1900, jepang bersekutu dengan inggris, dan jerman dan jepang menjadi bermusuhan pada perang dunia i. jepang mendeklarasikan perang kepada jerman pada 1914
357,021 km2 (137,847 sq mi)
377,944 km2 (145,925 sq mi )
229/km2 (593/sq mi)
344/km2 (891/sq mi)
berlin  3,513,026 (6,000,000 metro)
tokyo  13,185,502 (35,682,460 metro)
republik konstitusional parlementer federal
monarki konstitusional parlementer unitari
jerman (de facto dan de jure)
jepang (de facto)
kristen, 29.6% non-agamis, 5% islam, 0.25%
buddha, 0.25% yudaisme, 0.1% hindu, 0.11% sikhism
83.9% shinto, 71.4% buddha, 2% kristen, 7.8%
80.0% jerman, , page 64 detailed estimates germans without any migrant background.
5% turki, 15% lain-lain
98.5% jepang, 0.5%
korea, 0.4% tionghoa, 0.6% lain-lain
$3.577 triliun, (per kapita $43,741)
$5.869 triliun, (per kapita $45,920)
5,971 orang kelahiran jerman yang tinggal di jepang
35,725 orang kelahiran jepang yang tinggal di jerman
$46.7 miliar sipri yearbook 2012  15 countries with the highest military expenditure in 2011
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