Apart from a fiveyear occupation by mussolinis italy, it has never been colonised. Law concerning public disclosure of the assets of diet members in order to establish a standard of political ethics 1992, amended 20 11. One key introduction was that of buddhism, which has had a lasting effect. Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
Compliance requirements japan has a selfassessment system. It provides statistical tables, figures, maps and photographs to portray conditions in modernday japan from a variety of perspectives, including demographics, economic and social trends, and culture. Japan overview customs and culture diet and recipes language religion students life interesting facts people government politics geography economy news weather history photos video travel sources home activities united states edition spanish edition french edition german edition sample country glossary. The columns are ordered by the absolute number of dalys in japan for that particular year, with greatest burden on the left. During the countrys early years, japan borrowed heavily from chinese culture. Japan country profile, facts, news and original articles japan is a fascinating country of economic and business prowess, rich culture, technical wizardry, spatial conundrums and contradictions.
It is a major aid donor, and a source of global capital and credit. Following three decades of unprecedented growth, japans economy experienced a major slowdown starting in the 1990s, but the country remains an economic power. Country profile activity best delegate model united nations. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle.
What region of the world is your country located in. Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. Country number of nuclear power plants connected to the grid. The japanese name for the country is possibly derived from the early chinese pronunciation of nippon, which translates as sun. But japan is also the most indebted country in the world, with a debttogdp ratio of 235%. A fastgrowing, aging population and increasing cases of chronic diseases make japan a longterm growth market for pharmaceutical companies. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. This japan country profile has particularly benefited from inputs provided by ryo watanabe and his colleagues at the national institute for educational policy research nier, japan. Country benchmarking of burden of disease, continued this figure shows the rank of japan relative to the same comparator countries for the leading causes of dalys in 1990 top and 2010 bottom. Japan tobacco inc and japan tobacco international overview.
Japan updated october 2017 japan transfer pricing country profile updated october 2017 summary reference the arms length principle 1 does your domestic legislation or regulation make reference to the. Japan country profile, key facts and original articles. Japan joined the world bank in august 1952, the year after the signing of the san francisco peace treaty. Generally, an extension of 1 month can be obtained from the tax office for a resident company or longer for a branch of a nonresident company. Over the last twenty years, japans healthcare spending has been on the rise and this trend is expected to continue. Select a country, territory or international organisation from the menus below. As a result, commerce with the west increased and, in turn, revolutionized the thai economy and connected it to the world monetary system. Its role in the international community is considerable. Japan is ranked 7th in the 2018 best countries survey power ranking. In the making of this profile, data from the wcpt country profile 2017 was used.
These are the categories, fields, and subfields of information generally recorded for each country. Provides an overview of japan, including key events and facts about this earthquakeprone country on the western rim of the pacific. This video lays out the five things you need to know about your country when conducting mun research keep this in mind when you look at the resources from your country profile. Country profile japan summary of mpower measures in japan m p o w e r monitoring smokefree policies cessation programmes health warnings mass media advertising bans taxation cigarettes less affordable since 2008 63. Japan is among the worlds most literate and technically advanced nations. The national biodiversity strategy of japan 20122020 was adopted by cabinet in september 2012, following two major events. Japan over the last twenty years, japans healthcare spending has been on the rise and this trend is expected to continue. Economy profile of japan doing business 2020 indicators in order of appearance in the document starting a business procedures, time, cost and paidin minimum capital to start a limited liability company dealing with construction permits procedures, time and cost to complete all formalities to build a warehouse and the quality control and safety. Destination japan, a nations online project country profile of the land of the rising sun, a nation that occupies a chain of islands in east asia in the north pacific ocean roughly parallel with the eastern coast of asias mainland. Earliest records of a unified japan, however, date from around a.
Japan japan has the worlds secondbiggest economy, achieving an economic miracle in the second half of the 20th century that was the envy of the rest of the world. Fair regulatory framework asset disclosure regulations are contained in the following. The archipelago stretches from south of the russian sakhalin island in the north to near taiwan in the southwest. Data that was not available was substituted with information from the wcpt country profiles 2015. Japan demography total population 1 000s year 2006 127953 annual population growth rate 1 % year 19962006 0. Library of congress federal research division country profile. Links are to the definitions and notes about each entry. International trade, economic trends, foreign direct investment, external financial resources, population and labor force, information economy and maritime transport. The fao country profiles collects information from the entire fao website and provides a fast and reliable way to access countryspecific information with no need to search through individual databases and systems.
A minidocumentary about the country of japan, with an overview of the physical geography and human geography of japan, and more. These indicators are grouped into five broad dimensions of child rights that cut across the sustainable development goals. Egypt is the largest arab country and has played a central role in middle eastern politics in modern times. Japan is made up of 4 main islands, but actually consists of over 6,852 islands in total.
Austrades international business survey aibs is an important source of insight into the activities and opinions of australias internationallyactive businesses ibs. South korea, taiwan, china and russia are its closest neighbours. This publication is part of a series of secondary education regional information base country profiles developed by the education. This country policy profile was prepared by tadakazu miki main drafter, beatriz pont, diana toledo figueroa, judith peterka and sylvain fraccola statistics and design, from the education policy outlook team, which is part of the policy advice and implementation division, led by richard yelland. Starting in 1953, a number of projects were implemented in japan with world bank loans for the development of the nations economic foundation, such as electric power generation, basic industries development, transportation, water, and infrastructure. Japan held onto the title of the worlds second largest economy for more than 40 years from 1968 to 2010. It is a major aid donor and a source of global capital and credit. This thematic profile provides a basic snapshot of a countrys situation on maritime transport and international trade, facilitating convenient crosscountry comparisons. Japan has the worlds thirdlargest economy, having achieved remarkable growth in the second half of the 20th century after the devastation of the second world war.
The united nations building rajadamnern nok avenue bangkok 10200 thailand. Ethiopia is africas oldest independent country and its second largest in terms of population. The international model united nations association has some quick facts and resources for muners on each country check out yours. In march 2011, japans strongestever earthquake, and an accompanying tsunami, devastated the northeast part of honshu island, killed thousands, and damaged several nuclear power plants. Despite the countrys financial challenges, compounded by an ageing population, japan has some of the worlds most valuable companies and remains a source of global innovation and cultural trends. The following information is from the nea publication nuclear energy data, the annual compilation of official statistics and country reports on nuclear energy in oecd member countries. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Vietnam, december 2005 independence, lasting from the late tenth century until the second half of the nineteenth century, the chinese exerted considerable cultural, if not political, influence, particularly on the elite. They also include audio and video clips from bbc archives. Countries food and agriculture organization of the. Final tax returns must be filed within two months from the end of the fiscal year. In each section of the profile, a link to the corresponding table or folder in our.
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