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Japan

Content

Geography

Islands

Honshu is the seventh largest island on the planet
Comparison of the island with some territories by area and population size for 2021. A mistake has been made in Britain: the real area is 209.3 km 2

Cities

History

Main article: History of Japan

Population

Main article: Population of Japan


Main article: Birth and mortality rates in Japan

Armed Forces

Main article: Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF)

Earthquakes

Politics

Parties

Liberal Democratic Party

In September 2020, Yoshihide Suga became the new chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan. The politician replaced Shinzo Abe in this post, who at the end of August announced his intention to resign for health reasons.

Government

2021

Fumio Kishida is Japan's new prime minister

On September 29, 2021, ex-Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida was elected the new Prime Minister of Japan. In the second round, he bypassed the "Minister of Vaccination" (as local media call the post of Minister for Administrative Reform, who is responsible for the vaccination campaign) Taro Kono. Read more here.

The Minister for Loneliness appeared in Japan

In February 2021, the post of Minister for Loneliness appeared in Japan due to an increase in the number of suicides in the country. This decision was made by the Prime Minister and Yoshihide Suga. The new position was taken by Sakamoto Tetsushi. Read more here.

2020: Yoshihide Suga's appointment as Japan's prime minister

In mid-September 2020, Yoshihide Suga was elected the new Prime Minister of Japan. Sugu's candidacy was supported by 314 out of 462 deputies of the lower house of parliament. Now he must announce the new composition of the government. Read more here.

Economy

Health care

Religion

2022: Japan creates digital Buddha for believers

In early October 2022, experts from Kyoto University in Japan announced the development of an experimental AI Buddha system - a virtual Buddha based on artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) technologies. Read more here.

Education

Ecology

Export of plastic waste

Countries importing and exporting plastic waste, 2019

Information Technology

Electronic public administration

Software

Information security

2019

Digital passports were not needed by the Japanese

In early September 2019, it became known about the weak interest of the Japanese in the My Number system. It is used by only 13.9% of the country's population by August 22, Mainichi reports. Read more here.

Imposing a fine for drunken drone control

In mid-June 2019, Japan introduced a new law according to which the use of a drone while intoxicated can lead to a fine or even imprisonment of up to one year. Read more here.

Television and Radio

2018: 8K TV channel launch

In early December 2018, broadcasting of the world's first 8K channel began. The company told about such an achievement. NHK More. here

Crime

Prisons

2019: Minimum age for children to be jailed

Data for 2019

2018: Number of prisoners per 100 thousand citizens

World Prison Brief data for 2018

Culture

1963

Japanese fantasy thriller "Fungi Terrorists," 1963.

1961

Monks contemplate Mount Fuji, Japan, in the early morning of 1961.

1954

The party after the filming of Godzilla. Japan. 1954

1900

Roaming Artists, Japan. 1900.

1885

"Poor Student," 1885. Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.
A cat looks at a religious procession of the Torinomachi festival from the window of a brothel in Yoshiwara, the jolly quarter of Edo, present-day Tokyo. Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th century.

1832

In 1832, Hokusai created the engraving "Big Wave." Only a few dozen copies were printed on plain paper. For sale in a trading shop for pilgrims. On the way to Mount Fuji, they bought her image.

After some time, engravings reached Europe, where they quickly spread through collections and every year only grew in price.

A huge wave is about to cover boats with fishermen. The foam in the form of flakes falls down and the illusion is created that it is snowing over Mount Fuji.

That is, the artist combined incredible drama in the foreground and the all-consuming calmness of the background.

Sport

2023: $700 million to one person - Japanese baseball player lands record contract in sports history

In December 2023, Japanese baseball player Sehei Ohtani signed a new contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers MLB club, and this was a record agreement in the history of the sport. The 29-year-old athlete made a deal for 10 years, during which time he will receive $700 million. Read more here.

2022: The most popular sport is baseball

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Самый популярный вид sport countries of the world to to data June 2022

Calendar

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