Further Interesting Information on Japan |
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At 0.23%, Japan has one of the slowest annual population growth rates in the world. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), only Russia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Italy and Slovakia have slower or negative growth rates. |
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Japan is a member of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Follow this link to view a recent economic survey on Japan published by the OECD. |
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Japan is perceived as the 14th least corrupt country in the world, according to the 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International, a global measure of corruption amongst public officials and politicians. Japan is the most expensive place in Asia to run an office. Occupancy costs in Tokyo Central 5 Ward business district has a total occupancy cost per workstation per annum of US$20,960. One of the highest occupancy costs in the world as reported by DTZ's 2010 Global Occupancy Cost Report. |
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Japan is the most expensive place in Asia to run an office. Occupancy costs in Tokyo Central 5 Ward business district has a total occupancy cost per workstation per annum of US$20,960. One of the highest occupancy costs in the world as reported by DTZ's 2010 Global Occupancy Cost Report.
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The average delay on the famous shinkansen bullet train in 2003 was just 0.1 minute per train, for 160,000 bullet trains. | |||||||||||||||
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Japan's main exports are transportation equipment, motor vehicles, electronics, electrical machinery and chemicals | |||||||||||||||
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Japan is almost entirely dependent on crude oil imports to meet its energy needs. | |||||||||||||||
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Japan is a constitutional monarchy. | |||||||||||||||
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Tokyo's population is 12.8 million, out of a Japan's population is estimated at around 127.3 million in 2008. | |||||||||||||||
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Japan's population density of 341 persons per square kilometre is the fourth highest in the world among countries with a population of more than 10 million. | |||||||||||||||
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