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Country
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Japan | 
Tonga |
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Leader
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Head of state: Emperor Akihito Prime minister: Yoshihiko Noda
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Head of state: King George Tupou V
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Population
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127,368,088
| 106,146
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Life Expectancy
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83.910 years
| 75.380 years
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Capital City
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Tokyo
| Nuku'alofa
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Largest city
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| Tokyo (population: 8,336,600) | Nuku`alofa (population: 22,400) |
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Human Development Index
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0.956
| 0.774
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| GDP per capita |
$35,200 US
| $7,400 US
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Literacy Rate
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99%
| 98.9%
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Corruption Perception Index
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7.3
| 2.4
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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12.3%
| 3.1%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
Tadashi Yanai & family ($6.0bn US)
| NA
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| Unemployment Rate |
4.600%
| 13.000%
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Death Penalty
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Legal
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
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constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
| constitutional monarchy
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Independence date
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660 B.C. (traditional date of the founding of the nation by Emperor JIMMU)
| 4 June 1970 (from UK protectorate)
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| Religions |
observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
| Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents)
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| Languages |
Japanese
| Tongan, English
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| Exports |
transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals
| squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops
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| External Debt |
$2,719,000,000,000 $
| $104,600,000 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)
| pa'anga (TOP) per US dollar - NA (2007), 2.0277 (2006), 1.96 (2005), 1.9716 (2004), 2.142 (2003)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.800%
| 0.900%
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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
| Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
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| Area |
377,915 km sq
| 747 km sq
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| Coastline |
29,751 km
| 419 km
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| Climate |
varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
| tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December)
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