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Japan, constitutional monarchy in East Asia,
comprising four large islands, as well as the Ryukyu Islands
and more than 1,000 lesser adjacent islands. It is bounded
on the north by the Sea of Okhotsk, on the east by the Pacific
Ocean, on the south by the Pacific Ocean and the East China
Sea, and on the west by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan
(East Sea). The total area of Japan is 377,750 sq km.
Capital city - Tokyo
Population - 125,761,000
Religions - 90% Shinto and/or Buddhism,
10% Other
Japan is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (+9 GMT)

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