JAPAN

Location
Japan is located in Eastern Asia on an island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan east of the Korean penninsula

AREA

• Total area is 377,915 sq km
• Land area 364,485 sq km
• Water area 13,430 sq km

LAND USE

• Agriculture land use 12.5%
• Forest 68.5%
• Other 19%

ENVIRONMENT!
AIR POLLUTION FROM POWER PLANT EMISSIONS RESULTS IN ACID RAIN

AGE STRUCTURE

• 0-14 13.11%
• 15-64 60.31%
• 65 and over 26.59%

POPULATION GROWTH RATE
THE POPULATION GROWTH RATE FOR JAPAN IS -0.16%

Life expectancy at birth
Total 84.74
Male 81.4
Female 88.26

LANGUAGES

Population below poverty

Relatively low

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS