JAPAN JAPAN REGION ASIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT 660 B.C FOUNDED BY EMPEROR JIMMU ACCORDING TO LEGEND DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION MAY 3 1947 POPULATION 126182077 1999 EST AREA 145850 SQ MI CAPITAL TOKYO FORM OF GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY NATURAL RESOURCES FISH MINOR MINERAL RESOURCES MAIN INDUSTRIES ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT METAL PRODUCTION MOTOR VEHICLES MACHINERY CHEMICALS CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SHIPBUILDING TEXTILES FOOD PROCESSING FISHING AGRICULTURE RICE VEGETABLES FRUITS SUGAR BEETS PIGS CURRENCY YEN GDP 2.9 TRILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 23100 1998 EST LANGUAGES JAPANESE RELIGIONS BUDDHISM SHINTOISM LITERACY RATE 99 LIFE EXPECTANCY 77 YEARS MALE 83 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 10 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 8 PER 1000 POPULATION
