Japan

Japan is an island nation located in the East Asia continent. Japan is a very beautiful and fascinating country. Japan consists of 6852 islands. In Japanese, the name "Japan" is Nihon or Nippon, which means "Land of the Rising sun".

The followings are some more interesting facts about Japan.

1. The highest mount in Japan is mount Fuji which stands at 3776M.

2. Over 70% of Japan's land consists of mountains.

3. The total area of Japan is 377, 835 sq km.

4. In general Japan is a rainy and highly humid country with four distinct seasons. Japan has a very varied climate depending on its extended geographic location.

5. As Japan sits along the "Pasific Ring of fire" it has many volcanoes and it experiences many earthquakes.

6. 21% of the Japanese population is elderly which is the highest in the world.

7. The population of Japan is 126,702,133 in July 2016 which is the 11th largest population in the world.

8. Japan is the 3rd longest life expectancy country in the world where men live to 81 years old and women live to almost 88 years old.

9. Tokyo is the largest city and the capital of Japan.

10. Many Japanese streets don't have names.

11. Japanese is the official language in Japan

12. Shintoism and Buddhism are Japan's major religions.

13. Japan's currency is yen.

14. The national sport of Japan is sumo and material arts, baseball and association football are also popular sports in Japan.

15. In 1964 the summer Olympic games took place in Tokyo, Japan and the 2020 summer Olympic games will take place in Tokyo, Japan.

16. The prime minister is the head of the government of Japan and the prime minister is appointed by the emperor of Japan.

17. Most tourists are attracted to Japan's advanced technology as well as its beautiful ancient traditions.

18. some well-known Japanese dishes are sushi, sashimi and tempura.

19. Raw horse meat is popular in Japan.

20. Japan has the world's 3rd largest economy.

21. The world's 3rd largest auto mobile producer Toyota is a Japanese company and some of the most well-known company's in the world are Japanese such as Toshiba, Panasonic, Canon, Honda, Sony, Nintendo and sharp.

22. Japan is an industrialised country, producing some of the most technologically advanced motor vehicles, electronics and machine tools.

23. Japan is a world leader in robotics.