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Country
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Japan | 
Equatorial Guinea |
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Leader
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Head of state: Emperor Akihito Prime minister: Yoshihiko Noda
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President: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
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Population
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127,368,088
| 685,991
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Life Expectancy
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83.910 years
| 62.750 years
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Capital City
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Tokyo
| Malabo
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Largest city
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| Tokyo (population: 8,336,600) | Bata (population: 173,046) |
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Human Development Index
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0.956
| 0.717
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| GDP per capita |
$35,200 US
| $19,600 US
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Literacy Rate
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99%
| 87%
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Corruption Perception Index
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7.3
| 1.7
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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12.3%
| 6%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
Tadashi Yanai & family ($6.0bn US)
| NA
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| Unemployment Rate |
4.600%
| 22.300%
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Death Penalty
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Legal
| Legal
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Political System
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constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
| republic
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Independence date
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660 B.C. (traditional date of the founding of the nation by Emperor JIMMU)
| 12 October 1968 (from Spain)
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| Religions |
observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
| nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
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| Languages |
Japanese
| Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
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| Exports |
transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals
| petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
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| External Debt |
$2,719,000,000,000 $
| $1,051,000,000 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)
| Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar 441.72 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.4 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.800%
| 0.100%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
25
| 0
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| Location |
Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
| Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
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| Area |
377,915 km sq
| 28,051 km sq
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| Coastline |
29,751 km
| 296 km
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| Climate |
varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
| tropical; always hot, humid
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