Where is Japan?
Japan is an island country in Eastern Asia, with no land borders.
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Crazy but True
Japan has roughly five million vending machines, about one for every twenty five people. They sell hot soup, umbrellas, fresh eggs, neckties and even live crabs. Because the crime rate is so low, many of them stand unattended on quiet streets all night long.
Japan facts
- Capital
- Tokyo
- Population
- 123,366,734 (2025)
- Area
- 377,930 km²
- Continent
- Asia
- Region
- Eastern Asia
- Currency
- Japanese yen (JPY)
- Languages
- Japanese
- Coordinates
- 36°, 138°
- Landlocked
- No
- Country code
- JP · JPN
How Japan compares
- Japan is the 62nd largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Zimbabwe and larger than Germany.
- It is the 12th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It has no land borders, one of 16 such countries on our map.
- Within Asia, it is the 17th largest of 45 countries by area.