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JAPAN: By SimoTheFinalndized - 2021 CE
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Japan (Japanese: 日本; Romanised as nihon or
nippon) is a country in East Asia. It is a group of
many islands close to the east coast of Korea,
China and Russia. The Pacific Ocean is to the
east of Japan and the Sea of Japan is to the
west. Most people in Japan live on one of four
of the islands. The biggest of these islands,
Honshu, has the most people. Honshu is the
7th largest island in the world. Tokyo is the
capital of Japan and its biggest city. The
Japanese people call their country "Nihon"
or "Nippon", which means "the origin of the Sun" in
Japanese. Japan is a monarchy whose head of
state is called the Emperor. 90% of the people
living in Japan live in just 10% of the land, near
the coast. The other 10% of the people in Japan
live away from the coast. Over 10 cities have
more than a million people in them. The ruling
party is the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
and the prime minister is Yoshihide Suga.
The legislature of Japan is called the National Diet.
In recent decades Japan has been a leading
innovator in several fields, including chemical
engineering, nanotechnology, and robotics. There
are many technological companies in Japan, and
these companies make products for export.
Many things in Japanese culture originated in
China, like Go and bonsai. Cherry blossoms, also
known as Japanese cherry and Sakura, is thought
to be the national flower of Japan. Japan's traditional
food is seafood, rice, miso soup, and vegetables.
Noodles and tofu are also common. Sushi, a
Japanese food made of cooked rice with vinegar
with other ingredients such as raw fish, is popular
around the world. The religion in Japan is mostly
Shinto and Buddhist. Due to the tolerant nature of the
two main Japanese religions, and the resulting intermixing
of the two, many Japanese identify as both Shinto and
Buddhist at the same time. There are small numbers of
Christians and Hindus, and a few Jews.
When it comes to popular culture, Japan is famous for
making video games. Many of the biggest companies
that make games, like Nintendo, Namco, and Sega, are
Japanese. Other well-known parts of Japanese arts are
comics, called manga, and digital animation, or anime.
Many people get to know Japanese or how life in Japan is
like by reading manga or watching anime on television.
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