Japan

  • 日本
  • Nippon/Nihon
Capital
and largest city
Tokyo
35°41′N 139°46′E / 35.683°N 139.767°E / 35.683; 139.767
Official languagesJapanese
National languageJapanese
Ethnic groups
(2011)
  • 98.5% Japanese
    • ┗Yamato people
    • ┗Ainu people
    • ┗Ryukyuan people
  • 0.5% Korean
  • 0.4% Chinese
  • 0.6% other
Religion
(2000)
  • 51.8% Folk Shinto / None
  • 34.9% Buddhism
  • 4% Shinto sects
  • 2.3% Christianity
  • 0.1% Judaism
  • 7% No answer
Demonym(s)Japanese
GovernmentUnitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Emperor
Akihito
• Crown Prince
Naruhito
• Prime Minister
Shinzō Abe
• Deputy Prime Minister
Tarō Asō
• Speaker of the House of Representatives
Tadamori Oshima
• President of the House of Councillors
Chuichi Date
• Chief Justice
Naoto Ōtani
LegislatureNational Diet
• Upper house
House of Councillors
• Lower house
House of Representatives