Official Name: Japan 

The Japanese call their country Nihon or Nippon,

 which means "origin of the sun."

Japan is also sometimes referred to in English as the "land of the rising sun."

Japan is one of the most densely populated nations in the world

and a major economic power, and it's average income levels 

and standards of living are among the highest in the world

Geography: 

The portion of the Asian mainland closest to Japan is the Korea Peninsula,

 which is 200 km (100 mi) away at its nearest point 

(in South Korea). Japan does not share a land border with any other country,

 but nearby are far eastern Russia, located to the northwest across the 

Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan (East Sea);

 South Korea and North Korea, to the west across the Korea Strait 

and the Sea of Japan; and China and Taiwan, to the southwest across the East China Sea.

Total Area: 377,765 sq. km. (145,856 sq. mi.)

Honshu is the largest of the Japanese islands, followed by Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. Together the four main islands make up about 95 percent of Japan’s territory. More than 3,000 smaller islands constitute the remaining 5 percent.

 Cities:

 Capital Is Tokyo

Other cities

• Yokohama

• Osaka

• Nagoya

• Sapporo

• Kobe

• Kyoto

• Fukuoka

Climate: Varies from subtropical to temperate. 

Nationality :  Japanese
Population is approximately: 126.2 million
Population growth rate is approximately: 0.23%.
Ethnic groups:

•  Japanese

•  Korean (0.6%).

Religions:

• Shinto and Buddhist

• Christian (about 1%)

Language: Japanese

Literacy Rate is approximately:  99%

Economy 

Japan is the second-largest economy in the world after the United States

GDP is approximately: $3.897 trillion.

Real growth rate is approximately: -2.8%.

Per capita GDP is approximately: $30,400.

Natural resources:

•  Negligible mineral resources

•  fish

Agriculture Products

• Rice

• Vegetables

• Fruits

• Milk

• Meat

• Silk

Japan's industrialized, free market economy is the second-largest in the world

 Its economy is highly efficient and competitive in areas linked to international trade,

 but productivity is far lower in areas such as agriculture, distribution, and services.

 After achieving one of the highest economic growth rates

 in the world from the 1960s through the 1980s,

 the Japanese economy slowed dramatically in the early 1990s, 

when the "bubble economy" collapsed.