GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $5.855 trillion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $4.389 trillion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $34,300 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Tokyo
Population (Estimated July 2012): 127,368,088
Area: 377,950 km2 or 145,927 mi2
Currency: Yen (¥)
Official Language: Japanese
Political Information: Parliamentary Democracy and Constitutional Monarchy
Official Religion: No Official Religion (approximately 83.9% of the population are Shinto’s, 71.4% are Buddhists (many people belong to both Shintoism and Buddhism) and 9.8% have other religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Fujiyama at 3,776m or 12,388ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +9:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 47 prefectures; Aichi, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Gunma, Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Hyogo, Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kochi, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi, Miyazaki, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nara, Niigata, Oita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga, Saitama, Shiga, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo, Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi, Yamanashi
Leaders: Emperor Akihito with Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
