JAPAN- The Land of the

Rising Sun

Presented by:
Deepanjan Kundu Roy
Debankan Mujherjee
Divakshu Taneja
Jiten Kumar Bhatt
JayaKrishnan J
Shivani Vaidya
Agenda
History of the country
Political Development
Socio-Cultural Development
National Income Indicators
Economic Development
Sectoral Development
Legal Development
International Relations
Future course of Development
Fact File
Nihon-koku: meaning "State of Japan
Capital : Tokyo
National language: Japanese
Recognised regional language: 11
Government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Prime Minister: Shinz Abe
Legislature
Upper house
House of Councillors
Lower house
House of Representatives

Currency: Yen
Country Profile
Flag description:
White with a large red disk (representing the sun without rays) in the
center
Climate: varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
Exports: Motor vehicles, semiconductors, and office machinery
Agriculture: Rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit, pork, fish
Life Expectancy: Average: 82, Male: 78.8, Female: 85.6
GDP per Capita: $33,800
Literacy Rate: 99%
Unemployment Rate: 5.5%
Oil imports: 5.425 million bbl/day
Internet Users: 87.5 million
Environmental Issues: Acid rain; Japan is the largest consumer of Amazon
rainforest, timber-degrading water quality and threatening aquatic life;
Japan is one of the largest consumers of fish and tropical timber
Most popular sport: Baseball
History of the Country
Japan history begins with the migration of people from the Asian mainland during a period in which
the sea separating present day Japan from China and the Korean Peninsula was only partially
formed. When the sea rose and the land bridges washed away, these first inhabitants of ancient
Japan were left to settle the islands.

During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted two atomic bombings
against Japan in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

10,000BC 300BC: Jomon Period

300BC 300AD: Yayoi Period
300AD 710AD: Kofun Period or the Yamato Period
710 794: The Nara Period
794 1192: Heian Period
1191 1333: Kamakura Period
1333 1573: Muromachi Period
1600 1867: Edo Period
1868 1912: Meiji Period:
1926 1989: Showa Period
1926 1945: Expansionism Period
1952 1989: Post-occupied Japan: Japan entered a period of peace and great economic growth after enacting the Treaty of San
Francisco.
1989 - PresentHeisei Period: Japan's current period named by Emperor Akihito after the death of his father, Hirohito, the Showa Emperor.
Socio-Cultural Development
Japan is an extremely homogeneous society with non-Japanese,
mostly Koreans and Chinese, making up only about 1% of the
population.
The vast majority of the population live on the crowded coastal plains
of the main island of Honsh.
Japanese culture consists of the interaction between a strong original
Jmon culture and subsequent influences from the rest of the world.
Culture of China was first mostly influential, starting with the
development of the Yayoi culture from around 300BC.
Japan is one of the world's largest exporters of popular culture.
Japanese cartoons, comic books, fashion, films, literature, and music
have gained popularity around the world, especially in the other
countries of Asia
National Income Indicators
GDP (purchasing power parity): $5.238 trillion (2016 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $4.939 trillion (2016 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 1% (2016 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP): $41,300 (2016 est.)
Gross national saving: 27.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Imports of goods and services: -16.9% (2016 est.)
Exports of goods and services: 16.6%
Economic Development
The Japanese economy is one of the largest in the world
Japan's farming population has been declining steadily and was less than
5% of the total population in 2004; agriculture accounted for less than 2%
of the gross domestic product.
Fishing is highly developed, and the annual catch is one of the largest in
the world.
Japanese industry is concentrated mainly in S Honshu and N Kyushu, with
centers at Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe, and Nagoya.
20.1% of outsourcing firms outsourced their job training, compared with
19.7% for information systems, 17.4% for production processes, 14% for
accountancy and tax affairs and 13.7% for R&D.
Sectoral Development
GDP - composition, by sector of origin

agriculture: 1.2%
industry: 27.7%
services: 71.1% (2016 est.)
Agriculture - products:
vegetables, rice, fish, poultry, fruit, dairy products, pork, beef, flowers,
potatoes/taros/yams, sugarcane, tea, legumes, wheat and barley
Industries:
among world's largest and most technologically advanced producers of motor
vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships,
chemicals, textiles, processed foods
Industrial production growth rate:
0.5% (2016 est.)
Legal Development
Government type: Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government

Independence: 660 BC (traditional founding by Emperor JIMMU)

National holiday: Birthday of Emperor AKIHITO, 23 December (1933)

Constitution: 3 May 1947

Suffrage: 20 years of age; universal

The Japanese Constitution contains thirty-one articles relating to human rights and it also
provides for the separation of three powers: Legislative, Judicial and Governmental
power.

The law of Japan was historically heavily influenced by Chinese law

The modernization of the Law of Japan was based on the European legal system.
International Relations of Japan
Japan has diplomatic relations with nearly all independent nations and has been an
active member of the UN since December 1956.
Japan is a member of the G8, APEC, and "ASEAN Plus Three", and is a participant in the
East Asia Summit. Japan signed a security pact with Australia in March 2007[106] and
with India in October 2008.
It is the world's fifth largest donor of official development assistance, donating US$9.2
billion in 2014.[108]
Japan has close ties to the United States. Since Japan's defeat by the United States in
World War II, the two countries have maintained close economic and defence relations.
The United States is a major market for Japanese exports and the primary source of
Japanese imports, and is committed to defending the country, having military bases in
Japan for partially that purpose
Despite their historical tensions, in December 2015, Japan agreed to settle the comfort
women dispute with South Korea by issuing a formal apology, taking responsibility for
the issue and paying money to the surviving comfort women Today, South Korea and
Japan have a stronger and more economically-driven relationship
Japan is the number one importer of Korean music (K-pop), television (K-dramas), and
films
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