Japan from space

Mount Fuji

Honshu (In brown)

Downtown Tokyo

Shikoku

Japanese Alps

Lake Biwa

Lake Biwa

Semi-Active Japanese Volcano

2008 Japan Facts • Population = 130 million

• Life expectancy = Men – 78 years old

• Women – 85 years old

• Ethnicities = 99% Japanese, 1% other

• Religion = 84% are Shinto or Buddhist, Christian = .7%

• Literacy rate = 99%

Japan is a very crowded place…• Even though it’s nearly the size of

California, useable land is only about as much as Tulare County.

Tokyo

Chugoku Mountains

Hokkaido

Yellow Sea