Population (total): 126,475,664 Capital: Tokyo Population: 36,507,000 Currency: Japanese Yen (JPY) The Japanese Annual Median Income after taxes is 19,000 USD or 14,000 EUR. Annual Median Income Cint uses the median household income to provide a point of comparison between income-earners in each country. Where the mean income average is the sum of all parts (or aggregate income) divided by the number of items (or income earners), the median average is the point that divides the population into two groups; half of the population makes an income below the median income amount, and half makes more than that amount. The median income is seen as a better indicator as it avoids the effect of dramatically high or low values.
61.2%owns their own home	16%owns a smartphone
78.2%has access to internet	2.4%is on Facebook
59.3%owns some type of vehicle

Main Regions of Japan

Population and Age Distribution

National Holidays in Japan 2012

Fun Facts

Did you know that Japan is the country with second most McDonald’s restaurants in the world after the United States?

Japan has 3,598 McDonald’s restaurants, which is almost 14% of total establishments across the globe. Learn how over 1 million people globally want their burgers done!

Nice to Know about Japan

Japan is a gentle giant with the world’s 10^th largest population, 3^rd largest economy and 4th largest importer and exporter globally.

After World War II, the country officially wrote a clause into the constitution prohibiting an act of war by the state. The English translation of the article reads, “Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.”

Japan also has a substantial Latin American community (albeit small compared to the overall population of Japan), largely comprised of Brazilians, who immigrated to Japan after immigration laws were relaxed in 1990 to allowing entry of third-generation Japanese descendants and their spouses.

Current demographics indicate possible economic difficulty in the coming decades, as the baby-boomers age and younger Japanese opt out of marriage and having children. There is much debate over how to solve the problem of what will be an aged population, limited workforce and increased costs of social security benefits. Housing in Japan is also characterized by limited land supply in urban areas which can contribute to increased housing costs.

Some of the largest enterprises in Japan include Toyota, Nintendo, Honda, Toshiba, Sony, Panasonic, amongst many others.