The flag of Japan

The Imperial Seal of Japan

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Japan:

Japan – an island nation in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean. It lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin" (because it lies to the east of nearby countries), which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun". Japan is an archipelago of 14,125 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku, which together comprise about ninety-seven percent of Japan's land area.

General reference

• Pronunciation: /dʒəˈpæn/ ^ⓘ
  • Japanese: [ɲihoꜜɴ] ^ⓘ or [ɲippoꜜɴ] ^ⓘ
• Common endonyms: Nippon, Nihon (日本)
• Official endonym: Nippon-koku (日本国)
• Adjectival: Japanese
• Etymology: Name of Japan
• International rankings of Japan
• ISO country codes: JP, JPN, 392
• ISO region codes: ISO 3166-2:JP
• Internet country code top-level domain: .jp

Geography of Japan

• Japan is: an island country and archipelago of 6,852 islands, shaped like the lowercase letter J.^[1]
• Location:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
    • Asia
      • East Asia^[2]
  • Time zone: Japan Standard Time (UTC+09)
  • Extreme points of Japan
    • High: Mount Fuji 3,776 m (12,388 ft)
    • Low: Hachirōgata −4 m (−13 ft)
  • Land boundaries: none
  • Coastline: 29,751 km (18,486 mi)
• Population of Japan: 125,950,000 people - 11th most populous country
• Area of Japan: 377,873 km² (145,898 sq mi) - 62nd largest country
• Atlas of Japan
• Addressing system in Japan
• Historic provinces of Japan
• Japan Standard Time

Environment of Japan

• Climate of Japan
  • Climate change in Japan
• Environmental issues in Japan
• Ecoregions in Japan
• Energy in Japan
• Geology of Japan
• National parks of Japan
• Tsunami
• Wildlife of Japan
  • Flora of Japan
  • Fauna of Japan
    • Birds of Japan
    • Mammals of Japan

Geographic features of Japan

• Glaciers of Japan
• Islands of Japan
• Lakes of Japan
• Mountains of Japan
  • Volcanoes in Japan
• Rivers of Japan
  • Waterfalls of Japan
• Three Views of Japan
• List of World Heritage Sites in Japan

Regions of Japan

The four main islands of Japan are:

• Hokkaido
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku

Major regions of Japan include:

• Hokkaido (the island of Hokkaido and nearby islands, largest city Sapporo)
• Tōhoku region (northern Honshu, largest city Sendai)
• Kantō region (eastern Honshu, largest cities Tokyo and Yokohama)
  • Nanpō Islands: part of Tokyo Metropolis
• Chūbu region (central Honshu, including Mount Fuji), sometimes divided into:
  • Hokuriku region (northwestern Chūbu)
  • Kōshin'etsu region (northeastern Chūbu, largest city Nagano)
  • Tōkai region (southern Chūbu, largest city Nagoya, Hamamatsu, and Shizuoka)
• Kansai or Kinki region (west-central Honshu, largest cities Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto)
• Chūgoku region (western Honshu, largest city Hiroshima, and Okayama)
• Shikoku (island, largest city Matsuyama, and Takamatsu)
• Kyushu (island, largest city Fukuoka) which includes:
  • Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa

Ecoregions of Japan

Administrative divisions of Japan

• Administrative division types
  • Regions of Japan (unofficial)
    • Prefectures of Japan
      • Subprefectures of Japan
        • Districts of Japan
          • Municipalities of Japan
            • Wards of Japan

Prefectures of Japan

From north to south (numbering in ISO 3166-2:JP order), the prefectures of Japan and their commonly associated regions are:

Karafuto, a portion of the island of Sakhalin north of Hokkaido (not shown on the map), was part of Japan from 1907 until World War II. The entire island is now governed by Russia.

Municipalities of Japan

• Cities of Japan
  • Capital of Japan: Tokyo
  • Cities designated by government ordinance
  • Cities, by population
• Towns of Japan
• Villages of Japan

Demography of Japan

• Aging of Japan

Government and politics of Japan

• Form of government: parliamentary multi-party representative democratic constitutional monarchy
• Capital of Japan: Tokyo
• Elections in Japan
• Imperial House of Japan (Imperial family)
  • Imperial Guard of Japan
  • Imperial Household Law
  • Imperial Household Agency
• Civil service of Japan
• Japanese public corporations
• Independent administrative institutions of Japan
• Political parties in Japan
• Government-business relations in Japan
• Human rights in Japan
• Mass media and politics in Japan
• Monetary and fiscal policy of Japan
• Political funding in Japan
• Political extremism in Japan
• Taxation in Japan
• Health care system in Japan
• Social welfare in Japan

Branches of the government of Japan

Executive branch of the government of Japan

• Symbol of state: Naruhito, Emperor of Japan^[a]
  • Controversies regarding the role of the Emperor of Japan
  • Emperors of the past
• Head of state: de facto head of state of Japan is the head of government, the Prime Minister (see below)
• Head of government: Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan
  • Kantei (Office and residence of the Prime Minister)
  • Prime Ministers of the past
• Cabinet of Japan
• Ministries of Japan
  • National Public Safety Commission
  • Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Ministry of Finance (Japan)
  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
  • Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
  • Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
  • Ministry of the Environment
  • Ministry of Defence

Legislative branch of the government of Japan

• Diet of Japan (bicameral legislature of Japan)
  • House of Councillors
  • House of Representatives of Japan
• National Diet Building

Judicial branch of the government of Japan

• Judicial system of Japan
• Supreme Court of Japan

Foreign relations of Japan

• Diplomatic missions of Japan
• Foreign aid institutions of Japan
• Foreign policy of Japan
• Japan's non-nuclear weapons policy
• Whaling in Japan

International organization membership of Japan

Japan is a member of:^[3] Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Outline_of_Japan
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