JAPAN

Background

• Native Inhabitants: Japanese

• Language: Japanese

• Independence (660b.c.)

Tokyo

The Japanese desire for power

History of Japan

Government

• Constitutional Monarchy with a Parliamentary Government.

• 2 Legislative Houses (House of Counselors, House of Representatives)

• Head of Government: Prime Minister

Japanese Yen

• The national currency of Japan

Bank of Japan (B.O.J.)

• The Central Bank of Japan

Geography

• Western Asia, Island Chain between North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, East of Korean Peninsula

Land

Natural Resources– Rice, Fish