Head of state: Emperor Akihito Prime minister: Yoshihiko Noda
President: Yoweri Museveni
Population
127,368,088
33,640,833
Life Expectancy
83.910 years
53.450 years
Capital City
Tokyo
Largest city
Tokyo (population: 8,336,600)
Kampala (population: 1,353,190)
Human Development Index
0.956
0.493
GDP per capita
$35,200 US
Literacy Rate
99%
66.8%
Corruption Perception Index
7.3
2.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
12.3%
30.7%
Wealthiest Citizens
Tadashi Yanai & family ($6.0bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
4.600%
Death Penalty
Legal
Legal
Political System
constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
republic
Independence date
660 B.C. (traditional date of the founding of the nation by Emperor JIMMU)
Religions
observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
Roman Catholic 41.9%, Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%, Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.5%), Muslim 12.1%, other 3.1%, none 0.9% (2002 census)
Languages
Japanese
English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
Exports
transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals
External Debt
$2,719,000,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
yen (JPY) per US dollar - 103.58 (2008 est.), 117.99 (2007), 116.18 (2006), 110.22 (2005), 108.19 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.800%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
25
0
Location
Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
Eastern Africa, west of Kenya
Area
377,915 km sq
241,038 km sq
Coastline
29,751 km
0 km
Climate
varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast
