COUNTRY GUIDE · Asia
Japan
Explore the geography, landmarks, and distinctive stories of Japan.
Japan at a glance
- CAPITAL
- Tokyo
- REGION
- Asia
- POPULATION
- 124,000,000
- AREA
- 377,975 km²
- LANGUAGE
- Japanese
- CURRENCY
- Yen (JPY)
COUNTRY SUPERLATIVE
Island Nation
Japan's 2023 official island count identified more than 14,000 islands.
DID YOU KNOW?
A surprising detail about Japan
Japan’s Shinkansen bullet-train network began operating in 1964, linking Tokyo and Osaka.
Geography and nearby countries
PinPointr places Japan in its Asia region. Its reference dataset lists an area of 377,975 km² and a population of approximately 124,000,000. The country is not listed as landlocked in PinPointr’s geography reference.
Listed land neighbors
No land borders in the PinPointr reference data.
Country statistics are fixed PinPointr gameplay references and may differ from current government or international estimates. Country highlights and illustrations are educational material, not official travel advice.