Japan

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Japan jəpănˈ [key], Jap. Nihon or Nippon, country (2015 est. pop. 127,975,000), 145,833 sq mi (377,835 sq km), occupying an archipelago off the coast of E Asia. The capital is Tokyo, which, along with neighboring Yokohama, forms the world's most populous metropolitan region.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Postwar International Relations
• Postwar Japan
• Surrender and Occupation
• Militarism and War
• Industrial and Military Expansion
• The Tokugawa Shoguns and the Meiji Restoration
• Early History to the Ashikaga Shoguns
• Government and Politics
• Economy
• Japanese Society
• Land

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