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Country
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Japan |
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Leader
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President: Idriss Deby
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Head of state: Emperor Akihito Prime minister: Yoshihiko Noda
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Population
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10,975,648
| 127,368,088
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Life Expectancy
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48.690 years
| 83.910 years
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Capital City
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| Tokyo
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Largest city
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| N'Djamena (population: 721,081) | Tokyo (population: 8,336,600) |
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Human Development Index
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0.389
| 0.956
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| GDP per capita |
| $35,200 US
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Literacy Rate
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25.7%
| 99%
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Corruption Perception Index
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1.6
| 7.3
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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5.2%
| 12.3%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Tadashi Yanai & family ($6.0bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
| 4.600%
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Death Penalty
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Legal
| Legal
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Political System
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republic
| constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
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Independence date
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| 660 B.C. (traditional date of the founding of the nation by Emperor JIMMU)
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| Religions |
Muslim 53.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.2%, animist 7.3%, other 0.5%, unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1% (1993 census)
| observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
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| Languages |
French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
| Japanese
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| Exports |
| transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals
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| External Debt |
| $2,719,000,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
| yen (JPY) per US dollar - 103.58 (2008 est.), 117.99 (2007), 116.18 (2006), 110.22 (2005), 108.19 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
| 0.800%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 25
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| Location |
Central Africa, south of Libya
| Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
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| Area |
1,284,000 km sq
| 377,915 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 29,751 km
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| Climate |
tropical in south, desert in north
| varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
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