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Aichi Prefecture Prefecture
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Chiba Prefecture
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Gifu Prefecture, JP Prefecture
Gunma Prefecture
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Hokkaido Island
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Nagasaki Prefecture
Nara Prefecture
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Mount Fuji

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Briefly

Japan is a stable, highly developed parliamentary democracy with a modern economy. Tourist facilities are widely available, except in coastal areas of Northeast Japan still recovering from the aftermath of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. - US State Department, 6 December 2012

Location

Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula - The World Factbook

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Demonym: Japanese
Corruption Perceptions Index - 2014, Transparency International: 15


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In 1603, after decades of civil warfare, the Tokugawa shogunate (a military-led, dynastic government) ushered in a long period of relative political stability and isolation from foreign influence. For more than two centuries this policy enabled Japan to enjoy a flowering of its indigenous culture. Japan opened its ports after signing the Treaty of Kanagawa with the US in 1854 and began to intensively modernize and industrialize. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Japan became a regional power that was able to defeat the forces of both China and Russia. It occupied Korea, Formosa (Taiwan), and southern Sakhalin Island. In 1931-32 Japan occupied Manchuria, and in 1937 it launched a full-scale invasion of China. Japan attacked US forces in 1941 - triggering America's entry into World War II - and soon occupied much of East and Southeast Asia. After its defeat in World War II, Japan recovered to become an economic power and an ally of the US. While the emperor retains his throne as a symbol of national unity, elected politicians hold actual decision-making power. Following three decades of unprecedented growth, Japan's economy experienced a major slowdown starting in the 1990s, but the country remains a major economic power. In March 2011, Japan's strongest-ever earthquake, and an accompanying tsunami, devastated the northeast part of Honshu island, killing thousands and damaging several nuclear power plants. The catastrophe hobbled the country's economy and its energy infrastructure, and tested its ability to deal with humanitarian disasters. - The World Factbook

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
A Thousand Cranes Book Yasunari Kawabata
Almost Transparent Blue Book Ryu Murakami
An Artist of the Floating World Book Kazuo Ishiguro
Crossfire Book Miyabe Miyuki
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II (book) History Book John W Dower
Fear and Trembling Book Amelie Nothomb
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (book) History Book Herbert P Bix
In a Grove (Short Story) Short Story Ryunoske Akutagawa
Kafka on the Shore Book Haruki Murakami
Kitchen Book Banana Yoshimoto
KoKoro Book Soseki Natsume
One Arm (Short Story) Short Story Yasunari Kawabata
Onibaba Film Kaneto Shindo "Onibaba" is set during a civil war in 14th century Japan
Patriotism (Short Story) Short Story Yukio Mishima
Pluck the Bud and Destroy the Offspring Book Kenzaburo Oe
Power and Culture: The Japanese-American War, 1941-1945 (history book) History Book Akira Iriye
Ringu Book
Koji Suzuki
Silence Book Shusaku Endo
Some Prefer Nettles Book Junichiro Tanizaki
The Cold (Short Story) Short Story
Ryunoske Akutagawa
The Elephant Vanishes (Short Story) Short Story Haruki Murakami
The Sea of Fertility Book Yukio Mishima
The Socialist (Short Story) Short Story
Ryunoske Akutagawa
The Sound of Waves Book Yukio Mishima
The Tale of Genji Book Murasaki Shikibu
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter Book Yasunari Kawabata
The Twilight Years Book Sawako Ariyoshi
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Book Haruki Murakami

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