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Nihon (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 138 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 138.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises the Japan island chain, including four main islands (from north to south these are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu) and numerous smaller islands. Early inhabitants, Ainu, were driven north by Manchu-Korean and Malayan invaders; imperial line was founded 7th century BCE; adopted handwriting and much of Chinese culture in the 6th-9th centuries. The emperor was controlled by Shogunates 12th-19th centuries; European contact 16th-19th centuries. The official language is Japanese. |
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| Nihon (preferred,C,V,Japanese (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| Nihon Koku (C,V)
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| Nihon-koku (C,V,O)
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| Nippon (C,V,Japanese (transliterated),U,N)
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| Nippon-koku (C,V,O)
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| Niphon (C,V)
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| Japan (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Japon (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Giappone (C,O)
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| Japón (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Japão (C,O)
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| 日本 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| 日本 (Japanese-P,U)
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| 日本国 (C,O,O,Chinese,U)
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| 日本国 (Japanese,U)
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| Япония (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| ا اًَبان (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| JPN (C,O,ISO3L)
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| JP (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO392 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| JA00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Japanese (C,O,English,U,A)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Nihon (nation) (P) |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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first unified in 5th cen.; with expanded borders, 1910-1945 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| constitutional monarchy (C) |
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| island nation (C) |
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| empire (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Tōkyō .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Nihon, Tōkyō) [7004472] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1956 |
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