Country guide
Japan
Capital, flag, borders and quick geography facts for Japan.
Key facts
- Capital
- Tokyo
- Region
- Asia
- Area
- 377,930 km²
- Population
- 123,210,000
Neighboring countries
Japan has no land borders in the country data.
Learn Japan
Japan's capital is Tokyo, and the country consists of four major islands along with thousands of smaller ones.
Japan covers 377,930 square kilometers and, as an island nation, has no land borders. Its highest peak, Mount Fuji, rises 3,776 meters and last erupted in 1707.
Kongo Gumi, a Japanese construction company founded in the year 578, is the world's oldest business, in operation since the 6th century.
Trivia
- Japan consists of four major islands and thousands of smaller ones.
- Mount Fuji, Japan's highest peak at 3,776 meters, is an active volcano that has not erupted since 1707.
- Kongo Gumi, a Japanese construction company founded in the year 578 to build Buddhist temples, is the world's oldest business, in operation since the 6th century.
- Sumo, Japan's national sport, grew out of ancient Shinto rituals and still opens each match with a purification rite of scattered salt.
- Japanese is written using three different scripts, kanji, hiragana, and katakana, often combined within a single sentence.
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