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JAPAN (JAP)

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Continent	Asia
Coordinates	36 00 N, 138 00 E
Government	Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
Capital	Tokyo
Location	Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
Climate	Varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
Total area	378 ths sq.km.
Population	127 464 ths p.
Median age	42.9 yrs.
Life expectancy	81.3 yrs.
Languages	Japanese

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Statistic parameter		Data period	Value	Rate of change (year/year)	Last period rate of change	Index from 01/2000
Economy development
Gross domestic product (GDP)
current prices	bil USD	Q1-08	1 247.3	-0.4%	+0.2%	102.4%
constant prices	bil USD	Q1-08	1 375.9	+1.2%	+0.8%	112.8%
Production of total industry (IP)	ind 2000	Jun-08	108.9%	+0.1%	-2.1%	108.9%
Retail trade	ind 2000	Jun-08	100.0%	+1.3%	-0.5%	100.4%
Standardised unemployment rate	percent	May-08	4.0%	+5.3%	+0.0%	83.4%
Price indexes
Consumer prices (all items, CPI)	ind 2000	Jun-08	100.0%	+2.0%	+0.5%	100.0%
food	ind 2000	Jun-08	102.5%	+4.2%	+0.9%	102.5%
energy	ind 2000	Jun-08	126.0%	+13.7%	+3.8%	126.0%
other items	ind 2000	Jun-08	96.9%	+0.2%	-0.0%	96.9%
Consumer prices - Services less housing	ind 2000	Jun-08	100.7%	+0.5%	+0.1%	100.7%
Consumer prices - Housing	ind 2000	Jun-08	99.7%	+0.2%	+0.1%	99.7%
Harmonised CPI	ind 2000
Producer prices (total, PPI)	ind 2000
manufacturing products	ind 2000	Jul-08	109.0%	+6.8%	+1.8%	109.0%
Share Prices	ind 2000	Jul-08	83.6%	-26.7%	-6.4%	83.6%
Interantional trade
Exports in goods	bil USD	Jun-08	68.0	+18.1%	-1.6%	169.6%
Imports in goods	bil USD	Jun-08	66.7	+32.5%	+4.1%	210.1%
Net trade in goods	bil USD	Jun-08	1.3
Current Account	bil USD	Q1-08	53.1
Financial markets - monetary markets
Narrow money	ind 2000	Jun-08	167.0%	-0.4%	+0.5%	167.0%
Broad Money	ind 2000	Jun-08	117.7%	+0.7%	+0.1%	117.7%
Reserve assets	bil SDR	Jun-08	599.9	+1.2%	-0.4%	238.3%
Financial markets - currency - Yen (Japan)
Currency exchange rates	per USD	Jul-08	107.64	+10.0%	-0.5%	100.5%
Interest rates
immediate	percent	Jun-08	0.5%
short-term	percent	Jun-08	0.7%
long-term	percent	Jul-08	1.5%

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