japan presentation
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A PowerPoint presentation about Japan for geography class.TRANSCRIPT
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Japan(Nippon)
Ohayou gozaimasu~!
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Basic Information• Japan is located in Eastern Asia, on the
island chain (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu) between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan.
• Meaning of Japan is “Land of the rising Sun”.
• Capital and the largest city: Tokyo.• Population: 127.360.000• Area: 377.944 km2
• Currency: Yen• Government: Constitutional monarchy
with parliamentary government.• Japanese flag represents Sun without rays
and it’s called “Hinomaru”.• Religion: Shinto and Buddhist – 84%,
other – 16%.
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• The longest river – Shinano/Chikuma (367km). It flows from Nagano Prefecture to Niigata Prefecture.
• Four largest islands take about 97% of the land area.
• More than 70% of Japan is consisted of mountains including more than 200 volcanos.
• There are around 1.500 earthquakes every year.
• The highest mountain – Mt. Fujiyama (3.776m). It’s located on Honshu Island and it’s an active stratovolcano.
• Japan has no borders.
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• Japan’s literacy rate is almost 100%.• Evidence of human inhabitance
dates back 10.000 years.• Japan has never been a subject to
colonial rule.• In 1891 Japan adopted Western
style government.• Ethnic groups: -Japanese 98.5% -Koreans 0.5% -Chinese 0.4% -Others 0.6%.
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Major Cities1.Tokyo (world’s
largest city) 2.Yokohama3.Osaka 4.Nagoya5.Sapporo
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Tokyo• It’s located on the Eastern side of
the main island, Honshu.• This city is considered an alpha+
world city.• In 2010, Tokyo was named the
second most expensive for expatriate employees.• Tokyo was previously known as
Edo.• The density of population in
Tokyo is 5796 per km2.
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Agriculture
Manufacture
Services
23%
2%
75%
Economy
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• Japan is poor with energetic resources and raw materials.
• Big importer of oil, gas, bauxite, metals, wool, fat and meet.
• On littoral of Japan is made an industrial zone long 1000 km, from Tokyo to Nagasaki.
• Japan is a big exporter of motor vehicles, semiconductors and office machinery, cotton, silk and synthetic textile.
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Technology•Japan is first in the world in producing and using robots, not only in industry but in the other parts of peoples’ lives too.•The same goes for computers, video-recorders, cars, comfortable and fast trains.
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Gia na! By: Simona and Djurdja