Japan

Official Name:	Japan
Sovereign Status:	Sovereign Country
Government Type:	Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Official Name (Local Language):	Nihon-koku; Nippon-koku
ISO Country Codes:	JP : JPN
Internet Domain:	.jp
Government Web Site:	https://www.japan.go.jp/

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Capital:	Tokyo	Main Airports:	Haneda Airport, Narita Airport , Osaka International Airport
Language(s):	Japanese	Population:	124,687,293
Currency:	Japanese Yen	ISO Currency Code:	JPY
Telephone Dial In:	+81	ID Prefix:	010

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Country Summaries:

BBC; CIA Factbook; Commisceo Global; Country Code; Infoplease; International Model United Nations Association; Law Library of Congress; NationMaster; NationsOnline; UNESCO; UNESCO UIS

Political & Cultural Organisations:

Australia Group; Central American Integration System; Community of Democracies; Council of Europe; Inter Parliamentary Union; Pacific Alliance; UN; UNESCO;

Travel Guides:

Fodor's Travel; Lonely Planet; Rough Guide

News Resources:

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Foreign Press Center Japan;

KK Kyodo News Site;

Newspaper Association of Japan;

Newspaper

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Funky802;

RCC;

Japan

Government Website:	https://www.japan.go.jp/
Sovereign Ratings:	https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/japan
Central Bank:	Bank of Japan
Currency USD Exchange Rate:	104.205 yen (JPY) per US dollar(2020 est.)
Unemployment Rate:	2.36% (2019 est.)
Population below poverty line:	16.1% (2013 est.)
Inflation Rate:	0.4% (2019 est.)

Prime Lending Rate:	13% (2019 - World Bank)
GDP:	$5,079 billion (2019 est.)
GDP Pro Capita (PPP):	$41,429 (2019 est.)
Currency Name:	Japanese Yen
Currency Code:	JPY
World Bank Classification:	High Income

GDP Composition:

Agriculture:	1.2%	vegetables, rice, fish, poultry, fruit, dairy products, pork, beef, flowers, potatoes/taros/yams, sugar cane, tea, legumes, wheat and barley
Industry:	27.7%	motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods
Services:	71.1%

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Financial & Economic Organisations:

African Development Bank; Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation; Asian Development Bank; EBRD; FAO; G20; IMF; International Energy Agency; International Labour Organization; OECD; Un Economic and Social Commission for Asia the Pacific; Un Economic Commission for Latin America the Caribbean UNIDO; World Bank;

Financial & Economic Profiles:

Countryeconomy; EBRD; FAO; IMF; International Energy Agency; International Labour Organization; OECD; UNDP Human Development; World Bank;

Financial Exchanges:

Commodities Exchange: Tokyo Commodity Exchange ; Stock Exchange: Nagoya Stock Exchange ; Stock & Securities Exchange: Japan Exchange Group ; Tokyo Financial Exchange ;

National Statistics Office:

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications;

National Dataset(s):

Focus Economics; Global Survey; Trading Economics;

Japan

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

The World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution

Trade Statistics

Trade Summary

Trade Indicators

Business Language(s):	English; Japanese
Customs & Excise:	Japan Customs
Development Bank(s):	Asian Development Bank; Development Bank of Japan;
National Standards Bureau:	Japanese Industrial Standards Committee

Competitive Ind’l Performance: 6/141 (2019)	Corruption Perceptions Index: 19/180 (2020)
Ease of Doing Business: 29/190 (2019)	Enabling Trade Index: 16/136 (2016)
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