1. By; Jonatan Gomez

2.  127.6 million (2012)  Japan's population density is 336 people per square kilometer according to the United Nations World Populations

3.  1.39 births per woman (2011)  Japans birth rates are dropping and the death rate is rising.  The population is starting to stabilize

4.  Based on the Health and Welfare ministry estimation released in January 2012, Japan's population will keep declining by about one million people every year in the coming decades, which will leave Japan with a population of 87 million in 2060.

5.  total: 2.21 deaths/1,000 live births  male: 2.44 deaths/1,000 live births  female: 1.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2012)

6.  According to the latest WHO data published in April 2011 life expectancy in Japan is:  Male 79.5  female 85.8  total life expectancy is 82.7

7.  -0.2% annual change (2012)  Japan has experienced net population loss due to falling birth rate and almost no net immigration 1995125,570,246+1.6% 2000126,925,843+1.1% 2005127,767,994+0.7% 2010128,057,352+0.2% 2012126,659,683−1.1%

8.  Japan's education system played a central part in Japan's recovery and rapid economic growth in the decades following the end of World War II.  After World War II, the Fundamental Law of Education and the School Education Law were enacted in 1947 under the direction of the occupation forces. The latter law defined the school system that is still in effect today: six years of elementary school, three years of junior high school, three years of high school, two or four years of university

9.  Manufacturing  construction  distribution  real estate  services  communication

10.  Nearly 30 percent (29.6%) was employed in various service industries.  The biggest growth was in the service or tertiary sector, which now employs about two- thirds (64.3%) of all workers  The unemployment rate increased to 4.5 percent in October from 4.1 percent in September, the statistics bureau said today in Tokyo

11.  According to the International Monetary Fund, the country's per capita GDP was at $35,855 (2012)  The GDP per capita in Japan was $45,902.67 (2011)

12.  The government of Japan is a constitutional monarchy where the power of the Emperor is limited  His role is defined by the 1947 constitution as "the symbol of the state and of the unity of the people".

13.  More than two years on from the worst nuclear disaster in a quarter of a century, the situation at Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains toxic, prompting the Japanese government to announce new measures to attempt to deal with radioactive leaks.  the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea mega thrust earthquake off the coast of japan  report confirmed 15,883 deaths, 6,150 injured, and 2,651 people missing

14.  Japan in currently in an inflation and there economy isn't doing well  As of 2010, Japan possesses 13.7% of the world's private financial assets

15.  The united stated is helping and are allies to japan  The United States considers Japan to be one of its closest allies and partners and the Japanese in turn have expressed appreciation for the consistent support of the United States.  Japan is one of the most pro-American nations in the world, and most Americans generally perceive Japan positively, with 81% viewing Japan favorably in 2013