1. Japan, also known as the "Land of the Rising Sun", has a long and varied history spanning numerous periods from prehistoric times to the present. Its culture is steeped in tradition but also embraces modern trends. 2. Traditional Japanese cuisine offers regional dishes and international influences found at restaurants of all kinds. The country also has a unique language with its own writing systems. 3. Geographically, Japan is an island country with four distinct seasons. It has a highly developed economy and primary industries including agriculture, fishing, and mining that contribute to its GDP, despite most land being unsuitable for farming.

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T h e L a n d O f T h e R i s i n g S u n

2. “The word “Japan” is a foreign word
Japanese people call their countryにほん (Nihon)
or
にっぽん (Nippon),
which roughly translates to
“Land of the Rising Sun”.
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3. Capital of Japan - Tokyo

4. Flag

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1 History

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Grasping every aspect of JAPAN’s history
requires literally hours, here is a brief
overview of all the era and their associative
RELICS or EVENTS.

7. Prehistoric Japan

8. Kofun Period (300-710)

9. Nara Period (710-794)

10. Heian Period (794-1185)

11. Kamakura Period (1185-1333)

12. Muromachi Period (1333-1568)

13. Momoyama Period (1568-1600)

14. Edo Period (1600-1868)

15. Meiji Period (1868-1912)

16. Taisho Period (1912-1926)

17. Showa Period (1926-1989)

18. Heisei Period (1989 to present)

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2 Culture

20. “Japan has a fascinating and multifaceted culture. on the one
hand it is steeped in the deepest of traditions dating back
thousands of years, on the other it is a society in a continual
state of continually shifting fads and fashions and
technological development that constantly pushes back the
boundaries of the possible.
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21. 21clothing
There are typically two types of clothing that the Japanese
wear:
•The Japanese clothing (和服 wafuku)
•Western clothing (洋服 yōfuku)

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23. 23Food
•Japanese cuisine (和食, washoku) offers an abundance of
gastronomical delights with a boundless variety of regional
and seasonal dishes as well as international cuisine.
•Restaurants range from mobile food stands to centuries old
ryotei, atmospheric drinking places, seasonally erected
terraces over rivers, cheap chain shops and unique theme
restaurants about ninja and robots.

24. Traditional Foods
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30. Language
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Japanese has 5 single vowels and 53
are consonants. Altogether with 6
combined vowels, it
have total 63 characters.
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33. 33Language Variations
Japanese uses 4 distinct systems of writing:
kanji
hiragana
katakana
romanji

34. 34Homophones
•If you thought that English has a lot of homophones (words
that mean different things but are pronounced the same), try
studying Japanese! All eight characters below are
pronounced shin, but they mean totally different things: God,
to advance, to believe, new, true, stretch,
heart, and parent, from left to right.

35. 35Isolated
•Unlike European Languages like English, French,
German, Spanish those are related to each other.
However, Japanese is not related to any other language
of the World. Indeed, until recently Japanese was
classified as a language isolate, meaning that it is
completely unique among all current world languages.

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3 Geography

37. Thats where JAPAN resides 37

38. Land
364,485 km2
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Water
13,430 km2
Area

39. Seasons
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40. Spring (March to May)

41. Summer (June to August)

42. Autumn (September to Nov)

43. Winter (December to February)

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4 Economy

45. “The economy of Japan is a highly developed and market-
oriented economy.
It is the third-largest in the world by nominal GDP and
the fourth-largest by purchasing power parity(PPP) and
is the world's second largest developed economy.
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46. $4.872trillion
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GDP

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5 Primary Industries

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Agriculture, livestock and fishing form the primary sector of
industry of the Japanese economy together with the
Japanese mining industry, but together they account for only
1.3% of gross national product.
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49. •Historically, Japan was predominantly agricultural, but with
the remarkably rapid growth of its economy after the Second
World War, the country has been transformed into a heavily
industrialized society.
•Japan yields Rice, wheat and Barley most.
•Japan only has 11.65% of arable area Today and and most of
it consist of steep mountainsides.
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