Japan


 * In 10,000 BC - 3,000 BC Japan's major government was the local clans.
 * The official language is Japanese.
 * Japan has has many eras over its existence.
 * Some of these eras are the Meiji (1858-1912), and the Taisho (1912-1925).
 * The current era in Japan is the Heisei (January 7,1989-present).
 * Japan as always had an emperor and has one today, but the emperor doesn't have much power he is just a symbol of Japan.
 * The major government in Japan today is parliamentary democracy.
 * Japan right now is going through several issues.
 * One issue is that Japan is suffering from depopulation and if they don't do anything about it Japan can cease to be a country.
 * Another one is that Japan has Whaling problems they are killing way to many whales and if they keep it up they could kill of some species of whales.
 * Depopulation in Japan is effecting many things there it effects the schools since there aren't people having children there aren't many students and that causes schools to shut down over 300 schools are shutting down each year in Japan and there have already been over 2000 schools that have shut down in Japan in the last decade.
 * The death rate in Japan is higher than the birthrate.
 * For more information on Japan go to: http://www.cnfj.navy.mil/jqf.html
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