Japan

Exact population: 127,368,088 (July 2011 est.)
Literacy: Total population: 99%; male: 99%; female: 99%
Ethnicities: Japanese 99%, others 1% (Korean 511,262, Chinese 244,241, Brazilian 182,232, Filipino 89,851, other 237,914); note: up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned to Brazil (2004)
Land boundaries: 0 km
Terrain: Mostly rugged and mountainous
Extremes: Lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m; highest point: Mount Fuji 3,776 m
Imports: China 20.7%, US 14%, South Korea 4.9%, Australia 4.3%, Indonesia 4.1%, Saudi Arabia 4.1%, UAE 4% (2004)
Exports: US 22.7%, China 13.1%, South Korea 7.8%, Taiwan 7.4%, Hong Kong 6.3% (2004)
Industries: Among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods

Source: CIA World Factbook