About Japan

SOME OF THE FACTS TO BE KNOWN TO STUDY IN JAPAN

BASIC INFORMATION:

Japan is a lonely country having a unique civilization and a cultured country. The capital city is Tokyo. The national language is Japanese and the currency is Yen (¥). It consists of around 127 million population (as per 2014 Estimate) which is the world’s tenth largest.

GEOGRAPHY:

It is situated in Northeastern Asia between North Pacific and Sea of Japan. The size of Japan is slightly smaller than California i.e. 377,873 square kilometers. The Japanese Archipelago is comprised of 5 main islands and 3,000 smaller islands stretching from sub-arctic Hokkaido to subtropical Okinawa.

CLIMATE:

Japan has generally temperate weather, where the year ends as well as starts with cold and dry winter season till February. The spring brings the blossom of famous cherry where there isn’t much rain. From the mid-year till August, hot temperature begins with lot humid where there is three to four week rainy season. The autumn falls in between September to November which is also a mark of typhoons and heavy rain.

JAPANESE KNOWN FOR:

Japan’s is the world’s largest and one of the most technologically advanced and manufactures of various vehicles, electronics equipment and tools, steel and nonferrous metals, chemicals, ships, textiles and processed foods. Their major resources are rice, fishes, beets, sugar, pork, vegetables, poultry, eggs etc.