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Japan
Japan has the world's third-largest economy, having achieved remarkable growth in the second half of the 20th Century after the devastation of World War Two.
Its role in the international community is considerable. It is a major aid donor, and a source of global capital and credit.
More than three quarters of the population live in sprawling cities on the coastal fringes of Japan's four mountainous, heavily-wooded islands.
Japan's rapid post-war expansion - propelled by highly successful car and consumer electronics industries - ran out of steam by the 1990s under a mounting debt burden that successive governments have failed to address.
Japan's relations with its neighbours are still heavily influenced by the legacy of Japanese actions before and during World War Two. Japan has found it difficult to accept and atone for its treatment of the citizens of countries it occupied.
Source: BBC.com
Member Since:
June 27, 1957
EIF Date:
July 27, 1970
JAPAN: FACTS
Capital: Tokyo
Area: 377,975 sq km
Population: 122.4 million
Language: Japanese
Life expectancy: 81 years (men) 87 years (women)

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