Japan

japan designed by caroline carter

location

russia

north korea china

japan

south korea taiwan

kofun period (250 – 538)

300: introduction of rice

agriculture creates more complex japanese societies

538: buddhism arrives to

japan via china and korea

population

comparison

China: 1.4 billion Russia: 146.7 million Japan: 126.8 million South Korea: 51.3 million North Korea: 25.8 million Taiwan: 23.8 million

taiwan north korea south korea japan

russia china asuka period (550 – 710)

645: taika reform is written

and starts to unify japan

population over time

126.9

(in millions of years)

126.3

117.1

Japan’s population in 2019 was 126,265,000.

107.0

93.4 97.0 73.1 60.0

65+ years old 19–65 years old

0–19 years old 1920 japan’s population is

1940

1960

1980

2000

2020

2040

2060

death rate

1.4

decreasing

In 2008, the death rate surpassed the birth rate. narai period (710 – 794)

710: narai becomes the

first capital of japan

1.2

birth rate

0.9 1987

1992

1997

2002

2007

2012

0.7

concentration of people

Japan: 347.072 people/km2 Bangladesh­: 1115.62 people/km2

= 13 people/km2 urban population

93.5% of the population lives in urban areas, with only 6.5% of the population living in rurla areas.

heian period (794 – 1185)

1010: japanese woman

writes the tale of genji, the world’s first novel

number of airports compared to china

Japan: 98 airports China: 235 airports

= 1 airport total railroads

compared to china

Japan: 30,625 km China: 121,000 km

= 1000 km of railroads kamakura period (1185 – 1333)

1281: a ‘divine wind’ repels

the mongol invasion

5.0%

other

>0.1%

christian, muslim, & jewish

ryukyuan & foreign languages 1%

religion

Non-religious: 57.0% Buddhist: 36.2% Other: 5.0% Christian, Muslim & Jewish: >0.1% languages

36.2%

buddhist

57.0%

99%

non-religous

japanese

Japanese: 99% Ryukyuan & Foreign Languages: 1.0% resources

91.3%

Access to the internet: 91.3% Access to a television: 99.0% Access to a car: 69.1% Graduates high school: 95.0%

99.0%

69.1%

95.0% muromachi period (1338 – 1574)

1495: a tsunami washes

1532: the portuguese

away the kotoku-in temple, exposing the great buddha

introduce christianity and firearms to japan

export locations

United States: 18.9% China: 18.3% South Korea: 7.5% Hong Kong: 5.5% products

capital equipment

industrial supplies 430.3

351.4 690.8 other

industrial supplies 4.4 consumer 108.8 consumer non-durable goods durable goods 178.9

813.1 other

capital equipment 54.4 consumer 63.8 food & direct durable goods consumer goods 195.5

Capital equipment: 351.4 Industrial supplies: 178.9 Consumer durable goods: 108.8 Consumer non-durable goods: 4.4 Other: 690.8 import locations

China: 22.3% United States: 9.0% Australia: 5.9% Saudi Arabia: 5.8%

22.3% 18.9%

57.0%

49.8%

products

Industrial supplies: 430.3 Capital equipment: 195.5 Food & direct consumer goods: 63.8 Consumer durable goods: 54.4 Other: 813.1.8 azuchi period (1568 – 1600)

18.3%

7.5%

5.5%

9.0%

5.9%

5.8%

11,500,000 TONS

rice sugar beets potatoes

(in tons)

3400

cabbage

11.3% of the land in Japan is arable land. Agriculture takes up less than 1% of the economy, however.

2400

mandarin oranges

360 583

wheat

205

barley soybeans

187

tobacco

91

tea

agriculture

3803

64

11.3% arable land

edo period (1603 – 1867)

1639: isolation of japan

1839: us commodore matthew

from most of the world economy and culture

perry forces japanese government to open

energy consumption compared to the us

6804 KGOE us

United States: 6,804 kgoe Japan: 3,570 kgoe

3570 KGOE japan

per capita

2301 MTOE japan

United States: 2,301 mtoe Japan: 454.7 mtoe world’s most

expensive natural

454 MTOE japan $309

disasters

On March 11, 2011 at 2:46 pm, an Earthquake occured off the Eastern Coast of Japan of magnitude 9.0. It created a Tsunami that killed about 20,000 people. meiji period (1868 – 1912)

$100

japan earthquake

kobe earthquake

$81

$42

hurricane katrina

northridge earthquake

$29

sichuan earthquake

currency exchange with the us

1 United States dollar = 1000 Japanese yen size compared to

423,971 km²

california

Japan: 377,916 km² California: 423,971 km² 377,916 km²

taisho period (1912 – 1926)

1912: japan joins

allied forces in wwi

weather near tokyo

Average High: 30° Average Low: 4° Average Temperature: 17°

18 10

9 4

5

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feb

13

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30 26

27 23

17 17 21

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7

mar

7

apr

may

jun

jul

aug

sep

oct

nov

dec

japan’s tallest

mountain: mount fuji

mount everest

Mount Fuji: 3776 m Mount Everest: 8848 m

mount fuji

showa period (1926 – 1989)

1912: japan stages the

1945: us drops atomic boms

manchurian incident and invades china

on hiroshima and nagasaki, killing about 200,000 people

a closer look

mount ashidake

sapporo

2011 earthquake

hiroshima

nara park

kyoto

mount fuji

tokyo

yodugawa river

yuragawa river

osaka cherry blossom blooms

oita

heisei period (1989 – present)

2011: the great east

japan earthquake kills about 20,000 people