Japan

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General Information


 
Capital: Tokyo
Head of State: Emperor AKIHITO (since 7 January 1989)
Surface Area: 377,915 sq kmHead of Government: Prime Minister Naoto KAN (since 4 June 2010)
Official Languages: Japanese
Population: 126,804,433 (July 2010 est.)
Exchange rate (28-08-2010): EUR 1 = JPY 107.74
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Local Time: UTC/GMT +8 hours (Tokyo)
Internet suffix: .jp

Telehone lines (main lines): 47.579 million (2008)Mobile lines: 110.395 million (2008)
Internet users: 90.91 million (2008)Literacy rate: 99%


Life expectancy: Male - 78.8 / Female - 85.62

Infrastructures:

  • 144 airpots with paved airways

  • 26,435 km railways



Urban Population: 66% of total population (2008)

Ethnic Origin: Japanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.6%

Religion: Shintoism 83.9%, Buddhism 71.4%, Christianity 2%, other 7.8%


Recent Economic Indicators

  2000
 2001 20022003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
GDP, current prices (USD, billions)
4,667.45
4,095.48
3,918.33
4,229.10
4,605.94
4,552.19
4,362.58
4,377.96
4,886.96
5,068.06
GDP, PPP (USD, billions)
3,213.09
3,291.75
3,353.82
3,474.45
3,666.32
3,872.84
4,080.55
4,296.57
4,335.99
4,159.43
GDP PPP per capita, (USD billion)25,333.59
25,892.27
26,325.01
27,221.89
28,702.68
30,315.33
31,942.64
33,630.70
33,956.52
32,607.87
GDP PPP share of world total7.6327.481
7.295
7.147
6.988
6.86
6.667
6.496
6.269
6.003
Inflation, % Change (Index, 2000=100)-0.777
-0.685
-0.887
-0.298
0
-0.299
0.3
0
1.396
-1.377
Current Account Balance (USD, billions)
119.605
87.794
112.607
136.238
172.07
165.69
170.437
210.967
157.079
141.656
Current Account Balance % GDP
2.563
2.144
2.874
3.221
3.736
3.64
3.907
4.819
3.214
2.795
General government gross debt (% GDP)141.745
152.847
161.371
165.984
178.059
191.101
190.059
187.693
198.836
217.559



Ireland's trade relations with Japan


  2007 2008 2009
Exports (merchandise, € million)
603,961
547,251
598,155
Exports (merchandise, tonnes)
11,474
8,474
5,437
Imports (merchandise, € million)
598,524
509,901
242,508
Imports (merchandise, tonnes)
43,665
37,454
7,494

Top 5 Exports to Japan in 2009
 € 000Tonnes
Organic chemicals145,619
61
Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches clocks108,589
0
Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes74,906
366
Office machines & automatic data processing machines72,133
283
Medical & pharmaceutical products55,026
154

Top 5 Imports from Japan in 2009
 € 000Tonnes
Organic chemicals
65,570
578
Medical & pharmaceutical products33,565
146
Electrical machinery, apparatus & appliances nes & parts25,212
358
Road vehicles (include. air-cushion vehicles)24,674
2,566
Office machines & automatic data processing machines19,854
331

Sources:
CSO - Central Statistics Office
CIA - World Factbook
UNDATA
IMF - World Economic Outlook




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