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Country
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Japan | 
Greece |
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Leader
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Head of state: Emperor Akihito Prime minister: Yoshihiko Noda
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President: Karolos Papoulias
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Population
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127,368,088
| 10,767,827
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Life Expectancy
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83.910 years
| 80.050 years
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Capital City
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Tokyo
| Athens
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Largest city
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| Tokyo (population: 8,336,600) | Athens (population: 729,137) |
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Human Development Index
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0.956
| 0.947
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| GDP per capita |
$35,200 US
| $26,600 US
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Literacy Rate
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99%
| 96%
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Corruption Perception Index
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7.3
| 4.7
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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12.3%
| 14.7%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
Tadashi Yanai & family ($6.0bn US)
| Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
4.600%
| 17.300%
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Death Penalty
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Legal
| Abolished
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Political System
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constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
| parliamentary 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)
| 1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
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| Religions |
observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
| Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
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| Languages |
Japanese
| Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
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| Exports |
transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals
| food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
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| External Debt |
$2,719,000,000,000 $
| $583,300,000,000 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)
| euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.800%
| 4.300%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
25
| 4
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| Location |
Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
| Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
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| Area |
377,915 km sq
| 131,957 km sq
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| Coastline |
29,751 km
| 13,676 km
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| Climate |
varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
| temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
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