Introduction Japan

Japan (Japanese: にっぽんこく, にほんこく; English: Japan), referred to as "Japan", is located in East Asia. The country name means "the country of sunrise". Its territory consists of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu and more than 7,200 small islands, with a total area of 378,000 square kilometers. The main ethnic group is the Japanese-speaking Yamato ethnic group, with a total population of about 1.26 billion. ?

Japan, located on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, is an arc island country extending from northeast to southwest. It is separated from China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia by the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea, the Korean Strait and the Sea of Japan. It belongs to temperate maritime monsoon climate, which is mild and humid all year round. It is rainy in June and typhoons in summer and autumn.

Japan is a highly developed capitalist country and the third largest economy in the world. Its resources are scarce, and it is extremely dependent on imports. The developed manufacturing industry is the main pillar of the national economy. Scientific research, aerospace, manufacturing and education all rank among the top in the world. In addition, the cultural industry dominated by animation and game industry and the developed tourism industry are also important symbols.

Japan is a world model in many aspects, such as environmental protection and resource utilization, and its citizens generally have good education, extremely high living standards and national quality. Up to now, the traditional Japanese culture represented by tea ceremony, flower path and book path has been preserved.

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The origin of Japanese culture:

/kloc-since 0/996, archaeology and anthropology in China and Japan have repeatedly confirmed that the Japanese nation is mainly composed of Tungusic people in Siberia, Han people in ancient China, coastal people in southern China, a small number of Wuyue people in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, a small number of Malays in Nanyang Islands and Indochina people in Indochina Peninsula.

Japanese cultural integration: There are no characters in Japan, so China's Chinese characters have been used all the time. About 80% of Japanese accents are Chinese tone sandhi. The language and pronunciation of Japanese mainly come from the integration of China Chinese dialect accent and Indosinian accent from Shang, Zhou and Qing Dynasties, so Japanese culture is deeply influenced by China. Japanese absorption of China culture is a long-term historical process with many aspects and thousands of years.

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