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Country
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Japan | 
Mongolia |
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Leader
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Head of state: Emperor Akihito Prime minister: Yoshihiko Noda
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President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
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Population
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127,368,088
| 3,179,997
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Life Expectancy
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83.910 years
| 68.630 years
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Capital City
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Tokyo
| Ulaanbaatar
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Largest city
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| Tokyo (population: 8,336,600) | Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818) |
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Human Development Index
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0.956
| 0.72
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| GDP per capita |
$35,200 US
| $4,800 US
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Literacy Rate
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99%
| 97.8%
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Corruption Perception Index
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7.3
| 3
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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12.3%
| 4.2%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
Tadashi Yanai & family ($6.0bn US)
| NA
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| Unemployment Rate |
4.600%
| 9.900%
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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
| mixed parliamentary/presidential
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Independence date
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660 B.C. (traditional date of the founding of the nation by Emperor JIMMU)
| 11 July 1921 (from China)
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| Religions |
observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
| Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)
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| Languages |
Japanese
| Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
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| Exports |
transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals
| copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals
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| External Debt |
$2,719,000,000,000 $
| $1,900,000,000 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)
| togrog/tugriks (MNT) per US dollar - 1,170 (2007), 1,165 (2006), 1,205 (2005), 1,185.3 (2004), 1,146.5 (2003)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.800%
| 1.400%
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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
| Northern Asia, between China and Russia
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| Area |
377,915 km sq
| 1,564,116 km sq
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| Coastline |
29,751 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
| desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)
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