2. Jomon Period
Kufon Period
Yayoi Period
Japan
Jomon hunter-gatherers fashioned fur clothing, wooden houses, and
elaborate clay vessels..
Yayoi people introduced metal-working, rice cultivation, and weaving to
Japan.
They adopted many Chinese customs and innovations.
3. A new constitutional monarchy was established,
Tokugawa
Shogunate
Azuka Period
This time, society was divided into clans.
4. GOVERNMENT
Japan has a constitutional monarchy, headed by an Emperor and the Prime
Minister.
Emperor Prime Minister
The current emperor is Akihito
Serving primarily as the symbolic and
diplomatic leader of the country.
Shinzō Abe is the current Prime
Minister of Japan.
He is a political leader of Japan
5. Most Japanese citizens practice a syncretic blend of Shintoism and
Buddhism.
The native religion of Japan is Shinto.
In Japan, Shinto and Buddhist practices are combined into a single
religion, with Buddhist temples being built at the sites of important
Shinto shrines.
RELIGION
Shintoism 70.4%, Buddhism 69.8%, Christianity 1.5%, other 6.9%
6. ETHNICITY
Japanese 98.1%, Chinese 0.5%, Korean 0.4%, other 1%
(includes Filipino, Vietnamese, and Brazilian).
The country suffers from a very low birth rate.
The vast majority of Japan's citizens (99 percent) speak
Japanese as their primary language.
Japanese is in the Japonic language family, and seems to
be unrelated to Chinese and Korean
7. ECONOMY
Japan is a major economic power in the world.
Japan has the world's third largest economy by GDP (after the U.S. and
China). Japanese exports include automobiles, consumer and office
electronics, steel, and transportation equipment. Imports include food,
oil, lumber, and metal ores.
Japanese economy was growing very quickly. Much of this growth was
the result of increases in worker productivity.
8. The amount of land in Japan suitable for agriculture is insufficient to
produce enough food for Japan's large population. As a result, Japan
imports most of its food from other countries.
Japan lacks many raw materials needed for industry and energy, such
as oil, coal, iron ore, copper, aluminum and wood. Japan must import
most of these goods.
9. Imports in other countries
Resources
Japan must export a variety of
manufactured goods to other countries.
Major Japanese exports include electronic
equipment and cars.
They advance in technology, a highly
educated and skilled labor force,
supportive government policies and a
good world trade environment, and also
tourism.
Japan lacks many raw
materials needed for
industry and energy, such
as oil, coal, iron ore, copper,
aluminum and wood. Japan
must import most of these
goods.
