COUNTRY

Official Website:
http://www.kantei.go.jp/

Population:
127,333,002 (2004 census)

Founding Date:
3-May-1947 (constitution)

Government Offices:

• Emperor of Japan
• Prime Minister of Japan
• Japanese Minister
• Member of the Japanese Diet
• Japanese Mayor
• Japanese Official
• Japanese Ambassador
• US Ambassador to Japan

• Japanese Culture
• Japanese Business
• Japanese Imperialism
• Japanese Monarchy
• Japanese Military History

CITIES

City	Type	Population
Tokyo, Japan	--	12,527,115
Osaka, Japan	--	2,624,129
Nagoya, Japan	--	2,190,549
Sapporo, Japan	--	1,869,888
Kobe, Japan	--	1,521,164
Kyoto, Japan	--	1,470,159
Fukuoka, Japan	--	1,380,790
Kawasaki, Japan	--	1,290,426
Hiroshima, Japan	--	1,136,684
Sendai, Japan	--	1,025,714
Kitakyushu, Japan	--	999,373
Niigata, Japan	--	776,365
Shizuoka, Japan	--	710,094
Okayama, Japan	--	633,705
Matsuyama, Japan	--	512,982
Kanazawa, Japan	--	456,627
Nagasaki, Japan	--	447,419
Yokosuka, Japan	--	431,332
Nara, Japan	--	364,869
Asahikawa, Japan	--	361,488
Yokohama, Japan	--	3,573,58
Takamatsu, Japan	--	334,397
Shimonoseki, Japan	--	301,097
Hakodate, Japan	--	299,737
Fukushima, Japan	--	290,866
Kofu, Japan	--	193,795

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Soon-Tek Oh	Actor	29-Jan-1943		Frequently on M*A*S*H
Seigen Ono	Musician	1958		Avant-garde jazz composer, guitarist and engineer
Hironobu Sakaguchi	Computer Programmer	14-Nov-1962		Created Final Fantasy videogame series
Utamaro	Artist	1753	31-Oct-1806	Japanese printmaker

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard Sorge	Spy	4-Oct-1895	7-Nov-1944	Warned Stalin of Operation Barbarossa

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