JAPANCh 16 – Traditional Japan

INTRO“Land of the Rising Sun”NIPPON / NIHON : Traditional Name means “sun’s origin”

Today Highest Life Expectancy in

the world: 82.6 yrs Second highest # of one

hundred year olds in world (40,000)

10th Largest Population 128 Million (U.S.

population—312 million) Largest Cities:

Tokyo (33 Mil) Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto Yokohama Nagoya

Today Highest Life Expectancy in

the world: 82.6 yrs Second highest # of one

hundred year olds in world (40,000)

10th Largest Population 128 Million (U.S.

population—312 million) Largest Cities:

Tokyo (33 Mil) Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto Yokohama Nagoya

Megalopolis Tokyo to island of Kyushu Very urban due to the

amount of industry Little rural area Major industrial cities

along coast Import natural

resources Very resource poor

country Export

manufactured goods

World Leader Machinery Technology Robotics Autos

GEO 3,000 Islands – ARCHIPELAGO

Four Main Islands: Kyushu Shikoko Honshu Hokkaido

GEO Mt. Fuji / Highest Point 12,388 ft. Volcanic & Mountainous Land

Japanese Government

Constitutional Monarchy World’s Only Reigning

EMPERORCompletely

restricted by 1946 ConstitutionWritten during the

Allied OccupationReferred to as,

“"His Imperial Majesty the Emperor“AKIHITO (this

guy!)

Japanese Government Diet

Bicameral legislature House of

Representatives (480 reps.)

House of Councilors (280 reps.)

Prime Minister Head of the

executive branch Elected by the

Diet Current P.M.

Yoshihiko Noda

Beautiful Japan!