Japan Stock Market
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After a 250-year dictatorship, which brought stability to Japan, the country signed an agreement with the U.S. in 1854 and started industrialization. Between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Japan took over Korea and southern Sakhalin Island; by 1937, Japan occupied China, and launched an attack against the U.S. in 1941. Now, with a recovered economy, and a friendship with the U.S., the Japanese emperor promotes national unity while the politicians and bureaucrats have all the power. Although the economy encountered some troubled times in the 1990s, it is still strong.
Capital City: Tokyo (+9 GMT)
Chief of State: Emperor AKIHITO
Head of Govt.: Prime Minister Shinzo ABE
Currency: Yen
Main Cities: Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya
Major Languages: Japanese
Calling Code: 81
Voltage: 110V
Stock Exchanges: Tokyo Stock Exchange
Primary Religions: Shinto and Buddhist
Main Airports
(Osaka) Kansai International (KIX) (Kansai), Fukuoka International (FUK), Tokyo Narita Airport (NRT) (Narita City)
U.S. Embassy
10-5 Akasaka 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo (107)tel. 81-3-3224-5000http://tokyo.usembassy.gov/
Statistics
GDP: purchasing power parity:
$4.018 trillion (2005 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
2.7% (2005 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity:
31,500 (2005 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
-0.3% (2005 est.)
Labor force:
66.4 million (2005 est.)
Exports:
$550.5 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Exports - partners:
US 22.9%, China 13.4%, South Korea 7.8%, Taiwan 7.3%, Hong Kong 6.1% (2005)
Imports:
$451.1 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Imports - partners:
China 21%, US 12.7%, Saudi Arabia 5.5%, UAE 4.9%, South Korea 4.7%, Australia 4.7%, Indonesia 4% (2005)
Population:
127,463,611 (July 2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.02% (2006 est.)
Population Below Poverty Line:
NA%
Major 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
Employing Workers: 36*
Registering Property: 39*
Enforcing Contracts: 5*
Closing a Business: 1*
*2006 World Bank rank out of 175 countries
Capital City: Tokyo (+9 GMT)
Chief of State: Emperor AKIHITO
Head of Govt.: Prime Minister Shinzo ABE
Currency: Yen
Main Cities: Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya
Major Languages: Japanese
Calling Code: 81
Voltage: 110V
Stock Exchanges: Tokyo Stock Exchange
Primary Religions: Shinto and Buddhist
Main Airports
(Osaka) Kansai International (KIX) (Kansai), Fukuoka International (FUK), Tokyo Narita Airport (NRT) (Narita City)
U.S. Embassy
10-5 Akasaka 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo (107)tel. 81-3-3224-5000http://tokyo.usembassy.gov/
Statistics
GDP: purchasing power parity:
$4.018 trillion (2005 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
2.7% (2005 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity:
31,500 (2005 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
-0.3% (2005 est.)
Labor force:
66.4 million (2005 est.)
Exports:
$550.5 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Exports - partners:
US 22.9%, China 13.4%, South Korea 7.8%, Taiwan 7.3%, Hong Kong 6.1% (2005)
Imports:
$451.1 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Imports - partners:
China 21%, US 12.7%, Saudi Arabia 5.5%, UAE 4.9%, South Korea 4.7%, Australia 4.7%, Indonesia 4% (2005)
Population:
127,463,611 (July 2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.02% (2006 est.)
Population Below Poverty Line:
NA%
Major 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
Employing Workers: 36*
Registering Property: 39*
Enforcing Contracts: 5*
Closing a Business: 1*
*2006 World Bank rank out of 175 countries
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