Japan
National Anthem
Nisshoki
(The rising sun flag. Also known as Hinomaru)
RATIO
and POSITION
height : width = 2 : 3
the rising sun at the center of the flags
diameter : three-fifths of the flags' height
COLORING
base : white
the rising sun : deep red
Japan
National Anthem
Kimigayo wa
Chiyo ni yachiyo ni
Sazare-ishi no
Iwao to narite
Koke no musu made
English
translation
May your reign
Continue for a thousand, eight thousand generations,
Until the pebbles
Grow into boulders
Lush with moss
Download
Instrumental MP3 File (2.6MB)
Played
by Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (Ministry of Defense)
Poetic
English translation by Basil Hall Chamberlain
Thousands of years of happy reign be thine;
Rule on, my lord, until what are pebbles now
By ages united to mighty rocks shall grow
Whose venerable sides the moss doth line.
Capital
Tokyo
Area
377,915
sq km
Currency
Japanese Yen
JPY
Emergency
numbers
Ambulance: 119
Fire: 119
Police: 110
Languages
Japanese
Government
Japan
Government
Law
ministry
The
Ministry Of Justice
Population
126,476,461
Source
See
latest population
Japan
Police - National Police Agency (Japan)
Agency
overview : Formed July 1, 1954
Legal personality : Governmental Government agency
Operational
structure
Headquarters : 2-1-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-8974, Japan
Agency executive : Commissioner General
Parent agency : National Public Safety Commission
Child agencies : National Police Academy, National Research Institute
of Police Science, Imperial Guard Headquarters
Bureaus : 5
Regional Bureaus : 7
Website : http://www.npa.go.jp/english/index.html
Website : http://www.npa.go.jp/
For
detailed and more information, see the source
Japan
Political parties
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Founded : 15 November 1955; 60 years ago
Website : jimin.jp
Democratic
Party (Japan)
Founded : 27 March 2016
Website : minshin.jp
Komeito
Founded
: 7 November 1998
Website : www.komei.or.jp
Japanese
Communist Party
Founded : 15 July 1922
Website : www.jcp.or.jp/english/
Nippon
Ishin no Kai
Founded : 2 November 2015
Website : o-ishin.jp
Other
parties currently represented in the national Diet
Liberal
Party (Japan, 2016)
Founded : 27 December 2012
Website : www.seikatsu1.jp/english
Social
Democratic Party (Japan)
Founded : 1945 (Social Democratic Party of Japan)
/ 1996 (Social Democratic Party)
Website : www5.sdp.or.jp
Assembly
to Energize Japan
Founded : January 1, 2015
Website : nippongenkikai.jp
Party
for Japanese Kokoro
Founded : 1 August 2014
Website : http://nippon-kokoro.jp/
New
Renaissance Party
Founded : 23 April 2010
Website : shintokaikaku.jp
Okinawa
Social Mass Party
Okinawa Shakai Taishu-to
Founded : October 31, 1950
Religions
Shintoism 70.4%
Buddhism 69.8%
Christianity 1.5%
Other 6.9%
Note: total adherents exceeds 100% because many people practice
both Shintoism and Buddhism
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