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Japan
 * **Major Government**
 * a constitutional monarchy, is divided into forty-seven prefectures, or administrative districts, a system that has been in place since 1871
 * **Major Religions**
 * **Languages Spoken**
 * Japanese
 * **Current leader or president**
 * **Brief history of the country including any important people and major wars**
 * **Currency**
 * Japanese yen
 * **Major cultural traditions (holidays/foods etc..)** include Coming-of-Age Day (2nd Monday of January), National Foundation Day (February 11), the Vernal Equinox and Autumnal Equinox, Constitution Memorial Day (May 3), Children's Day (May 5), Respect for the Aged Day (3rd Monday of September), Shichigosan, which celebrate children ages 3, 5 and 7 (November 15), the Emperor's Birthday (December 23), and Christmas Day.
 * Japanese food consists of a few primary ingredients, such as white rice, which accompanies almost every dish; seafood and meat; a variety of vegetables, such as leeks, eggplant, daikon (radish), bamboo shoots and seaweed, as well as pickled vegetables; noodles, including ramen, soba and other varieties; and beans. In addition, Japanese cuisine is flavored by soy sauce, wasabi (a type of horseradish), sesame oil, rice vinegar and other ingredients.
 * **Climate** is rainy and humid, with pronounced seasonal changes throughout the year. From north to south.
 * **Population**
 * 127,430,000 (2010 estimate)
 * **Geography**
 * **Major Resource**
 * natural resources include some mineral deposits which are considered "negligible" by most measures, meaning that they have little importance to the nation's economy. **//Japan//** is rich in lumber, hydroelectric power and fish, however. Areas of environmental concern include air pollution, acidification of water resources, overuse of fisheries and lumber resources, and landfill shortages.
 * **Major tourist attractions and or historical sights**
 * Among its many interesting features, the most famous is the "Kiyomizu-no-butai (main hall's wooden veranda)".
 * **Median Family Income**

total: 44.6 years male: 42.9 years female: 46.5 years (2010 est.).
 * **Must include a //__Work Cited Page__// with a minimum of 4 resources (1 book 3 websites)**
 * **Flags of the World - The World Factbook.**
 * Facts About Japan.
 * Background Note: Japan.
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