Japan
| Part of | East Asia  |
|---|---|
| Inception | 3 Mɛrnoɔre 1947 |
| Name in native language | 日本国 |
| Name | Japan |
| Official name | 日本国 |
| Native label | 日本 |
| Short name | Japan, 🇯🇵 |
| Name in kana | にっぽん, にほん |
| Ethnic group | Japanese people, Koreans, Chinese people, Ainu people |
| Ŋmene bee sagediibu | Shinto, Buddhism, Kiristaaloŋ |
| Participant in | G4 nations, Treaty of Saint Petersburg |
| Archives at | National Archives of Japan |
| Named after | sunrise |
| Official language | Japanese |
| Anthem | Kimigayo |
| Culture | culture of Japan |
| Motto text | Endless discovery, Y Darganfod Diddiwedd |
| Continent | Asia |
| Paaloŋ | Japan |
| Kapital/teŋkpoŋ | Tokyo |
| Located in time zone | Japan Standard Time, Asia/Tokyo, UTC+09:00 |
| Located in or next to body of water | Sea of Japan, Pacific Ocean, Sea of Okhotsk, East China Sea, Philippine Sea |
| Located in/on physical feature | Japanese archipelago |
| Coordinate location | 35°0′0″N 136°0′0″E |
| Coordinates of easternmost point | 24°16′59″N 153°59′11″E |
| Coordinates of northernmost point | 45°31′23″N 141°56′12″E |
| Coordinates of southernmost point | 20°25′31″N 136°4′11″E |
| Coordinates of westernmost point | 24°27′5″N 122°55′57″E |
| Highest point | Mount Fuji |
| Lowest point | Hachirōgata |
| Basic form of government | constitutional monarchy |
| Office held by head of state | Emperor of Japan |
| Head of state | Naruhito |
| Office held by head of government | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Head of government | Shigeru Ishiba |
| Has cabinet | Cabinet of Japan |
| Executive body | Government of Japan |
| Legislative body | National Diet |
| Highest judicial authority | Supreme Court of Japan |
| Central bank | Bank of Japan |
| Currency | yen |
| Has boundary | borders of Japan |
| Driving side | left |
| Electrical plug type | NEMA 1-15, NEMA 5-15 |
| Follows | Empire of Japan |
| Replaces | Empire of Japan, Second Shō Dynasty |
| Right to vote | universal suffrage, age limit |
| Studied in | Japanese studies |
| Hashtag | Japan, 日本 |
| Top-level Internet domain | .jp |
| Main regulatory text | The Constitution of Japan |
| Flag | flag of Japan |
| Coat of arms | Imperial Seal of Japan |
| Has seal, badge, or sigil | Imperial Seal of Japan, national seal |
| Official symbol | Sasakia charonda, Green Pheasant, cherry blossom, Chrysanthemum morifolium, sumo |
| Topographic map | Atlas of Japan |
| Geography of topic | geography of Japan |
| Taa beree | free country |
| History of topic | history of Japan |
| Railway traffic side | left |
| Open data portal | data.go.jp |
| Economy of topic | economy of Japan |
| Demographics of topic | demographics of Japan |
| Gregorian calendar start date | 1 Gyɛnoɔre 1873 |
| WordLift URL | http://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/japan_2 |
| Mastodon instance URL | https://mstdn.jp, https://mastodon-japan.net |
| Mobile country code | 440, 441 |
| Country calling code | +81 |
| Trunk prefix | 0 |
| Emergency phone number | 119, 110, 118 |
| GS1 country code | 450-459, 490-499 |
| Licence plate code | J |
| Maritime identification digits | 431, 432 |
| Stack Exchange tag | https://travel.stackexchange.com/tags/japan |
| Sɛgebiri ba naŋ ba de sɔgele | 🇯🇵 |
| Category for honorary citizens of entity | Q7981952 |
| Category for the view of the item | Category:Views of Japan from above |
| Category for maps | Category:Maps of Japan |
Japan[1] e la island teŋɛ naŋ East Asia. O be la Pacific Ocean naŋ ba e toɔre neŋ a northeast coast na be Asian mainland, kyɛ o meŋ la peɛle la west naŋ be a baa naŋ be a Japan kyɛ la dɔle gbɛre yi a baa naŋ be a Okhotsk a north te tɔ East China baa naŋ be south. A Japanese archipelago taa la islands parɛɛ anaare teseŋ—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, ane Kyushu—ane islands bilii turi pie, naŋ na ba ta 377,975 mɛlɛ (145,937 sq mi). Japan taa la noba 124 million a 2024 poɔ, kyɛ o e la a eleventh-most populous country. O paaloŋ kpoŋ e la Tokyo; A teŋkpoŋ Tokyo paaloŋ e la a teŋkpoŋ mɛtoropolitan paaloŋ naŋ be a tendaa gbulli poɔ, ane noba naŋ na baŋ gaŋ 38 million inhabitants a 2016 na poɔ.
Japan po-eŋ la 47 administrative prefectures ane traditional irigyin anii. Ata yi naare poɔ a teŋɛ terrain paale la ne taŋne ane tere, naŋ na vɛŋ a paaloŋ e kpoŋ kyɛ la you neŋ tere a eastern coastal plains lamboriŋ. A teŋɛ do dɔgele la a Pacific Ring of Fire zuŋ, naŋ na vɛŋ a o islands e bone naŋ na baŋ taa earthquakes ane tsunamis wagere la wagere zaa.
A archipelago dɛndɛŋ soba bebiri naŋ be a Upper Paleolithic, naŋ piili neŋ Japanese Paleolithic bebiri te ta circa 36,000 BC. A yi a anaare ane ayoɔbo yuomo, a o o paaloŋ were da taa la nɔlaŋe yineŋ emperor naŋ be Nara, kyɛ ta wagere kaŋa be Heian-kyō.
A yi 12th century saŋa, yelnimizeere yɛlɛ da bebe la neŋ military dictators (shōgun) ane feudal lords (daimyō), kyɛ eŋ faŋa yineŋ warrior nobility (samurai). A yi a wederɛ puoriŋ ko Kamakura ane Ashikaga shogunates neŋ teŋɛ naŋ be warring states, Japan da taa la nɔlaŋɛ ne 1600 yineŋ Tokugawa shogunate, naŋ da bine isolationist foreign policy. 1853, a United States da ferɛɛ Japan ka ba yuo yɛroŋ neŋ a West, ŋaa la da wanne baaro ko shogunate ane faabo ko imperial power 1868. A Meiji saŋa, a Empire ko Japan da tɔ la dambeɛ kyaare ne industrialization ane modernization, ane militarism neŋ colonization zukaareba.
A 1937, Japan da pare la China, kyɛ a 1941 ka ba da zɔɔ neŋ United States ane European colonial powers, ka ba gaa World War II ka a e Axis power. After Ba naŋ da di wahal yineŋ Pacific War ane atomic bombing ayi, Japan da laŋɛɛ taa 1945 kyɛ e aŋa noba naŋ na taa tonnoɔre. A zɔɔre baaro puoriŋ, a teŋɛ da nyɛɛ bondaaneŋ ka o deɛ baara duoro saazuŋ, ka ba boma tarebo naŋ da nyɔge ware 1990.
Japan e la constitutional monarchy naŋ taa bicameral legislature, a National Diet. Faŋɛ kpeɛŋaa ko Asian mɛmbare yoŋ naŋ taa G7 yoŋ, Japan yi ba mere gane poɔ da moɔle la ba zɔɔre, kyɛ naŋ kyaã taa a teŋgbulli zaa sogyare tareba. Teŋɛ naŋ baa do saa neŋ a tendaa zaa bondaaloŋ bontare zuiŋ, e la tendaa zaa wɛderɛ yineŋ science ane technology neŋ automotive, robotics, ane electronics industries. O taa la tendaa kaŋa nyɔvore nyaabo yɛlɛ, kyɛ o meŋ GBA naŋ taa noba noɔre sigiroŋ. Japan's saakonnoŋ neɛ zaa na baŋ o a teŋgbulli, paale o pɛnnoo yele, cuisine, film, music, ane popular culture, teseŋ prominent comics, animation, ane video game industries.