ژاپن

ژاپن کشوری با حکومت پادشاهی مشروطه است که بر پایهٔ قانون اساسی اداره می‌شود.جمعیت این کشور در سال ۲۰۲۳ میلادی حدود ۱۲۴ میلیون و ۵۰۰ هزار نفر بود و یازدهمین کشور پرجمعیت جهان به‌شمار می‌رود. توکیو، پایتخت ژاپن، با بیش از ۳۸ میلیون نفر جمعیت، یکی از بزرگ‌ترین و گران‌ترین پایتخت‌های جهان است.با این حال، جمعیت ژاپن سالانه کاهش می‌یابد، چرا که نرخ رشد آن منفی است. ژاپن یکی از قدرت‌های اصلی اقتصادی جهان و دارای چهارمین اقتصاد بزرگ از نظر تولید ناخالص داخلی است. این کشور پنجمین بودجهٔ دفاعی جهان را دارد (۶۰ میلیارد دلار در سال ۲۰۱۱)، چهارمین صادرکنندهٔ بزرگ است (۷۶۷ میلیارد دلار در سال ۲۰۱۰) و ششمین واردکنندهٔ عمده محسوب می‌شود (۶۳۹ میلیارد دلار در سال ۲۰۱۰). [...] ویکی‌پدیا # ژاپن | | | برای تأییدپذیری کامل این مقاله به منابع بیشتری نیاز است. لطفاً با توجه به شیوهٔ ویکی‌پدیا برای ارجاع به منابع، با ارائهٔ منابع معتبر به بهبود این مقاله کمک کنید. مطالب بی‌منبع را می‌توان به چالش کشید و حذف کرد. یافتن منابع: "ژاپن" – اخبار · روزنامه‌ها · کتاب‌ها · آکادمیک · جی‌استور (چگونگی و زمان حذف پیام این الگو را بدانید) | ژاپن (به ژاپنی: 日本، نیپون یا نیهون)، کشوری جزیره‌ای در آسیای شرقی است که در شمال غربی اقیانوس آرام قرار دارد. ژاپنی‌ها کشور خود را «نیپون کوکو» می‌نامند که به معنای «خاستگاه خورشید» است. بر اساس مطالعات باستان‌شناسی، پیشینه سکونت انسان در این کشور به دوران پارینه‌سنگی پسین می‌رسد. [...] | ژاپن 日本国 (ژاپنی) | | --- | | Centered deep red circle on a white rectangle پرچم Golden circle subdivided by golden wedges with rounded outer edges and thin black outlines مهر امپراتوری | | | سرود: 君が代 (کیمیگایو) «فرمانروایی اعلی‌حضرت امپراتور» | | | مهر دولتی: 大日本國璽 (Dai Nihon Kokuji) «نشان دولتی ژاپن بزرگ» Seal of the State of Japan | | | Projection of Asia with Japan's Area colored green.svg "ژاپن - سبز پررنگمنطقه مورد ادعا - سبز کم‌رنگ") ژاپن - سبز پررنگ منطقه مورد ادعا - سبز کم‌رنگ | | | پایتخت و بزرگترین شهر | توکیو ۳۵°۴۱′ شمالی ۱۳۹°۴۶′ شرقی / ۳۵٫۶۸۳°شمالی ۱۳۹٫۷۶۷°شرقی / 35.683; 139.767 | | زبان(های) رسمی | ژاپنی (دفاکتو) | | نام(های) اهلیت | ژاپنی | | حکومت | پادشاهی مشروطهٔ پارلمانی یکپارچه | | | | | • امپراتور | ناروهیتو | | • نخست‌وزیر | سانائه تاکایچی | | | |

kingdom in central Japan in 660 BC, beginning a continuous imperial line. [...] During the Meiji period (1868–1912), the Empire of Japan emerged as the most developed state in Asia and as an industrialized world power that pursued military conflict to expand its sphere of influence. After victories in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) and the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), Japan gained control of Taiwan, Korea and the southern half of Sakhalin, and annexed Korea in 1910. The Japanese population doubled from 35 million in 1873 to 70 million by 1935, with a significant shift to urbanization. [...] ## Government and politics Japan is a unitary state and constitutional monarchy in which the power of the emperor (Tennō) is limited to a ceremonial role. Executive power is instead wielded by the prime minister and the Cabinet, whose sovereignty is vested in the Japanese people. Naruhito is the Emperor of Japan, having succeeded his father Akihito upon his accession to the Chrysanthemum Throne in 2019.

Japan is one of the world’s most geologically unstable areas. The country experiences some 1,000 tremors annually, most of them minor, though major quakes—as in Tokyo-Yokohama in 1923 and Kōbe in 1995—cause considerable loss of life and widespread destruction. Violent volcanic eruptions occur frequently, and at least 60 volcanoes have been active within historical time. Volcanoes born since 1900 include Shōwa Volcano on Hokkaido and Myōjin Rock off the Beyoneisu (or Bayonnaise) Rocks in the Pacific. Among the major eruptions since 1980 are those of Mounts O (1983) and Mihara (1986) in the Izu Islands and Mount Unzen (1991) in Kyushu. The country’s abundant hot springs are mostly of volcanic origin. Many of the gigantic volcanoes are conical in shape (e.g., Mount Fuji), while others form [...] Japan, island country lying off the east coast of Asia. It consists of a great string of islands in a northeast-southwest arc that stretches for approximately 1,500 miles (2,400 km) through the western North Pacific Ocean. Nearly the entire land area is taken up by the country’s four main islands; from north to south these are Hokkaido (Hokkaidō), Honshu (Honshū), Shikoku, and Kyushu (Kyūshū). Honshu is the largest of the four, followed in size by Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. In addition, there are numerous smaller islands, the major groups of which are the Ryukyu (Nansei) Islands (including the island of Okinawa) to the south and west of Kyushu and the Izu, Bonin (Ogasawara), and Volcano (Kazan) islands to the south and east of central Honshu. The national capital, Tokyo (Tōkyō), in [...] ### Where is Japan located? Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of the Asian continent. It lies east of China, the Korean Peninsula, and Russia, and consists of an archipelago of more than 6,000 islands. The four main islands—Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku—account for most of the country’s land area and population, forming a long chain that stretches from north to south. ### What language is spoken in Japan?

Japan is an archipelago, or string of islands, on the eastern edge of Asia. There are four main islands: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. There are also nearly 4,000 smaller islands! Japan's nearest mainland neighbors are the Siberian region of Russia in the north and Korea and China farther south. Almost four-fifths of Japan is covered with mountains. The Japanese Alps run down the center of the largest island, Honshu. The highest peak is Mount Fuji, a cone-shaped volcano considered sacred by many Japanese. Japan can be a dangerous place. Three of the tectonic plates that form Earth's crust meet nearby and often move against each other, causing earthquakes. More than a thousand earthquakes hit Japan every year. Japan also has about 200 volcanoes, 60 of which are active. [...] The Jomon and Ainu survived for thousands of years, hunting, fishing, and gathering plants. In 300 B.C., the Yayoi people came to Honshu Island from Korea and China. They were skilled weavers, tool makers, and farmers who began cultivating rice in flooded paddy fields. In 660 B.C., Japan's first emperor, Jimmu Tenno, came to power. Emperors controlled Japan until the 12th century A.D., when military rulers, called shoguns, took control and ruled by might. Europeans first arrived in Japan in 1543, bringing guns and Christianity. In 1635, the ruling shogun closed Japan to foreigners and forbade Japanese to travel abroad. This isolation lasted more than 200 years. In 1868, the shoguns were overthrown and emperors returned. This was a time of great change and modernization for Japan. [...] Most of Japan is covered by countryside. But with more than 100 million people living in such a small place, wildlife has suffered. Pollution is now tightly controlled, but road building and other human activities have harmed natural habitats. About 136 species in Japan are listed as endangered. The warm Tsushima Current flows from the south into the Sea of Japan, where it meets a colder current from the north. The mixing of waters makes the seas around Japan very rich in fish and other sea life. ### GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY Japan is the only country in the world with a reigning emperor. Emperors have no real power, but they are still revered as a symbol of the country's traditions and unity.

##### Geography An archipelago in the Pacific, Japan is separated from the east coast of Asia by the Sea of Japan. It is approximately the size of Montana. Japan's four main islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The Ryukyu chain to the southwest was U.S.-occupied from 1945 to 1972, when it reverted to Japanese control, and the Kurils to the northeast are Russian-occupied. ##### Government Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government. ##### History Legend attributes the creation of Japan to the sun goddess, from whom the emperors were descended. The first of them was Jimmu, supposed to have ascended the throne in 660 B.C., a tradition that constituted official doctrine until 1945. [...] Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2019 est.): $5,224,850,000,000; per capita $41,400. Real growth rate: .7%. Inflation: 0.4%. Unemployment: 2.36%. Arable land: 11.7%. Agriculture: rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit; pork, poultry, dairy products, eggs; fish. Labor force: 66.54 million; agriculture 2.9%, industry 26.2%, services 60.9% (2015). Industries: among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods. Natural resources: negligible mineral resources, fish. Exports: $793.32 billion (2020 est.): transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals. Major trading partners (exports): United States 19%, China 18%, South Korea [...] Emperor: Naruhito (2019) Prime Minister: Fumio Kishida (2021) Land area: 140,728 sq mi (364,485 sq km); total area: 145,913 sq mi (377,915 sq km) Population (2022 est.): 124,214,766 (growth rate: -0.39%); birth rate: 6.95/1000; infant mortality rate: 1.9/1000; life expectancy: 84.83 Capital and largest city (2022 est.): Tokyo, 37.274 million Other large cities: Osaka-Kobe 19.060 million; Nagoya 9.572 million; Fukuoka-Kitakyushu 5.503 million; Shizuoka-Hamamatsu, 2.935 million; Sapporo 2.669 million (2022) Monetary unit: Yen National name: Nippon Current government officials Language: Japanese Ethnicity/race: Japanese 97.9%, Chinese 0.6%, Korean 0.4%, other 1.1% (includes Vietnamese, Filipino, and Brazilian) (2017 est.)

# Facts about Japan Official Name: Japan Form of Government: Constitutional monarchy with parliamentary government Capital: Tokyo Population: 126, 048, 450 Official Language: Japanese Money: Japanese yen Area: 377,835 square kilometres Major Mountain Ranges: Japanese Alps Major Rivers: Biwa, Inawashiro, Kasumigaura # Japanese flag # Map of Japan # Japan: geography and landscape Japan is an archipelago, or string of islands, on the eastern edge of Asia. There are four main islands – Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. There are also nearly 4,000 smaller islands, too! Japan’s nearest mainland neighbours are the Siberian region of Russia in the north, and Korea and China farther south. [...] Off the coast of this incredible country, the warm Tsushima Current flows from the south into the Sea of Japan, where it meets a colder current from the north. As a result of the mixing of different waters, the seas around Japan are very rich in fish and other sea life. Cool! # The history of Japan People first came to Japan about 30,000 years ago. At the time, the main islands were connected to Siberia and Korea by bridges of dry land, allowing people to cross on foot. The first society, called the Jomon culture, arose about 12,000 years ago. Around the same time, the Ainu people arrived by boat from Siberia. The Jomon and Ainu survived for thousands of years, hunting, fishing and gathering plants. [...] Almost four-fifths of Japan is covered with mountains. The Japanese Alps run down the centre of the largest island, Honshu. The highest peak and Japan’s most famous mountain is Mount Fuji, a cone-shaped volcano considered sacred by many Japanese. Japan can be a dangerous place. Three of the tectonic plates that form the Earth‘s crust meet nearby and often move against each other, causing earthquakes. More than a thousand earthquakes hit Japan every year. Japan also has about 200 volcanoes, 60 of which are still active. # Japan’s wildlife and nature The Japanese people have a deep affection for the beauty of the landscape. The ancient Shinto religion says natural features like mountains, waterfalls and forests have their own spirit or soul.

# Japan country profile This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 29 October 2024 Map of Japan Japan has the world's third-largest economy, having achieved remarkable growth in the second half of the 20th Century after the devastation of World War Two. Its role in the international community is considerable. It is a major aid donor, and a source of global capital and credit. More than three quarters of the population live in sprawling cities on the coastal fringes of Japan's four mountainous, heavily-wooded islands. Japan's rapid post-war expansion - propelled by highly successful car and consumer electronics industries - ran out of steam by the 1990s under a mounting debt burden that successive governments have failed to address. [...] Some key dates in Japan's history: 1853 - US fleet forces Japan to open up to foreign influence after over 200 years of self-imposed isolation. 1868 - Empire of Japan proclaimed, and country enters period of rapid industrialisation and imperial expansion. 1894-95 - Japan goes to war with China, and its better-equipped forces win victory in just nine months. China cedes Taiwan and permits Japan to trade on mainland. 1904 - Japan becomes first Asian country in modern times to defeat an European power when it routs Russia in Manchuria. 1910 - Japan annexes Korea after three years of fighting, becoming one of the world's leading powers. 1914 - Japan joins World War One on the side of Britain and her allies, gaining some Pacific islands from Germany. [...] 1955 - Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) formed. Apart from brief interludes, party governs into 21st century. 1956 - Japan joins United Nations. 1972 - Japanese prime minister visits China and normal diplomatic relations are resumed. Japan subsequently closes embassy in Taiwan. Okinawa is returned to Japanese sovereignty, but US retains bases there. 1989 - Emperor Hirohito dies, succeeded by Akihito. 1995 - An earthquake hits central Japan, killing thousands and causing widespread damage. The city of Kobe is hardest hit. A religious sect, Aum Shinrikyo, releases the deadly nerve gas sarin on the Tokyo underground railway system, killing 12 and injuring thousands. 2006 - Parliament approves the creation of a fully-fledged defence ministry, the first since World War Two.

#### National Flag Nisshoki (also known as Hinomaru) #### National Anthem Kimi ga Yo Learn about Japan’s flag and national anthem. Get lyrics, sheet music and MP3s.\1 see more ### Imperial Household Introduction to the official duties and various public activities of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, and other members of the Imperial Family.\2 see moreOpen in a new window ### Language Japanese ### Main Religions Shintoism, Buddhism and Christianity ### Location Japan is located west of the Pacific Ocean in the Northern Hemisphere. Japan's neighbors include the Republic of Korea, China and Russia. ### Land Area 377,975.26 square kilometers (145,898.45 square miles) (as of July 1, 2021 Geospatial Information Authority of Japan) \3 [...] see more ### Main Industries Automobiles, consumer electronics, computers, other electronics ### GDP US$4,975 trillion as of 2020 (World Bank) ### GDP per capita US$34,366 as of 2020 (World Bank) Japan is the world third-largest economy by nominal GDP \9 see moreOpen in a new window as of December 1, 2021 [...] see moreOpen in a new window #### Number of Prefectures 47 ### CapitalTokyo (The population of Tokyo Metropolitan Area as of June 1, 2021 is 13,999,568, approximately 10% of Japan's total population.) ### Population 125,284,630 (as of June 1, 2021 Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)\4 see moreOpen in a new window ### The Diet House of Representatives 'Shugi-in' (465 members)\5 see moreOpen in a new window House of Councillors 'Sangi-in' (245 members)\6 see moreOpen in a new window ### Currency Japanese Yen\7 see moreOpen in a new window ### Judiciary Supreme Court, High Courts, District Courts, Summary Courts, and Family Courts ### Administration Prime Minister's Office of Japan, Cabinet Secretariat, 14 ministries and agencies.\8

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