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- | [[Image:The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Great Wave off Kanagawa]]'' ([[1820s]]), [[woodblock printing in Japan|woodblock printing]] by [[Hokusai]]]] | + | [[Image:The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Great Wave off Kanagawa]]'' (1832), by Hokusai]] |
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- | '''Japan''' is an [[island country]] in [[East Asia]], located in the northwest [[Pacific Ocean]]. It is bordered on the west by the [[Sea of Japan]], and extends from the [[Sea of Okhotsk]] in the north toward the [[East China Sea]] and [[Taiwan]] in the south. [[Tokyo]] is Japan's capital and largest city. | + | | style="text-align: left;" | |
+ | Japanese music: [[Haruomi Hosono]], [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]], [[Yasuaki Shimizu]], [[Hiroshi Yoshimura]] | ||
- | Japan is the [[List of countries and dependencies by population|eleventh-most populous country]] in the world, as well as one of the [[List of countries and dependencies by population density|most densely populated]] and [[Urbanization by country|urbanized]]. About three-fourths of the [[Geography of Japan|country's terrain]] is mountainous, concentrating its population of 125.57 million on narrow coastal plains. | + | Japanese literature: [[Edogawa Ranpo]] – [[Ryū Murakami]] - [[Haruki Murakami]] |
- | Japan [[Japanese Paleolithic|has been inhabited]] since the [[Upper Paleolithic]] period (30,000 BC), though the first mentions of the archipelago appear in [[Book of Han|Chinese chronicles]] from the 1st century AD. Between the 4th and 9th centuries, the kingdoms of Japan became unified under an [[Emperor of Japan|emperor]] and his [[Imperial House of Japan|imperial court]] based in [[Heian-kyō]]. Beginning in the 12th century, political power was held by a series of military dictators (''[[Shogun|shōgun]]'') and feudal lords (''[[Daimyo|daimyō]]''), and enforced by a class of warrior nobility (''[[samurai]]''). After a [[Sengoku period|century-long period of civil war]], the country was reunified in 1603 under the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], which enacted an [[Sakoku|isolationist foreign policy]]. In 1854, a [[Perry Expedition|United States fleet]] forced Japan to [[Bakumatsu|open trade to the West]], which led to [[Boshin War|the end of the shogunate]] and the [[Meiji Restoration|restoration of imperial power]] in 1868. In the [[Meiji (era)|Meiji period]], the [[Empire of Japan]] adopted a [[Meiji Constitution|Western-styled constitution]] and pursued a program of [[Industrialisation|industrialization]] and [[Modernization theory|modernization]]. In 1937, Japan [[Second Sino-Japanese War|invaded China]]; in 1941, it entered [[World War II]] as an [[Axis powers|Axis power]]. After suffering defeat in the [[Pacific War]] and [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|two atomic bombings]], Japan [[Surrender of Japan|surrendered]] in 1945 and came under a seven-year [[Occupation of Japan|Allied occupation]], during which it adopted a [[Constitution of Japan|new constitution]]. Since 1947, Japan has maintained a [[Unitary state|unitary]] [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[constitutional monarchy]] with a [[Bicameralism|bicameral]] legislature, the [[National Diet]]. | + | Japanese film directors: [[Juzo Itami]] - [[Takashi Miike]] - [[Akira Kurosawa]] - [[Koji Wakamatsu]] - [[Hayao Miyazaki]] |
- | Japan is a [[great power]] and a member of numerous international organizations, including the [[United Nations]] (since 1956), the [[OECD]], and the [[Group of Seven]]. Although it has [[Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution|renounced its right to declare war]], the country maintains [[Japan Self-Defense Forces|Self-Defense Forces]] that are ranked as the world's [[Military#Capability development|fourth-most powerful military]]. After World War II, Japan experienced [[Japanese economic miracle|high economic growth]], becoming the [[List of countries by largest historical GDP|second-largest economy]] in the world by 1990 before being surpassed by China in 2010. Despite [[Economic stagnation|stagnant growth]] since the [[Lost Decade (Japan)|Lost Decade]], the [[Economy of Japan|country's economy]] remains the [[List of countries by GDP (nominal)|third-largest by nominal GDP]] and the [[List of countries by GDP (PPP)|fourth-largest by PPP]]. A leader in the [[Automotive industry in Japan|automotive]] and [[Electronics industry in Japan|electronics industries]], Japan has made significant contributions to [[Science and technology in Japan|science and technology]]. Ranked the [[List of countries in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index|second-highest country]] on the [[Human Development Index]] in Asia after [[Singapore]], Japan has the world's [[List of countries by life expectancy|second-highest life expectancy]], though it is experiencing a [[Aging of Japan|decline in population]]. The [[culture of Japan]] is well-known around the world, including its [[Japanese art|art]], [[Japanese cuisine|cuisine]], [[Music of Japan|music]], and [[Japanese popular culture|popular culture]], which encompasses prominent [[Anime|animation]] and [[Video games in Japan|video game]] industries. | + | Japanese films: ''[[Woman in the Dunes]]'' (1964) - ''[[Blind Beast]]'' (1969) - ''[[In the Realm of the Senses]]'' (1976) - ''[[Akira (1988 film)|Akira]]'' (1988) - ''[[Tampopo]]'' (1985) - ''[[Tetsuo: The Iron Man|Tetsuo]]'' (1988) - ''[[Tokyo Decadence]]'' (1992) - ''[[Audition (1999 film)|Audition]]'' (1999) - ''[[Spirited Away]]'' (2001) - ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'' (2004) |
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+ | Japanese erotica: [[Yoshifumi Hayashi]] - [[Hajime Sorayama]] - [[Nobuyoshi Araki]] | ||
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+ | Japanese culture: [[Tokyo]] - [[Japanese cinema]] - [[Japanese avant-garde]] - [[Japanese culture]] - [[Japanese erotica]] - [[Japanese low culture]] - [[Japanese garden]] - [[Japanese literature]] - [[Japanese music]] - [[Japanese New Wave]] - [[Japonisme]] - [[anime and manga]] - [[butoh]] - [[geisha]] - [[ukiyo-e]] - [[wabi-sabi]] - [[mono no aware]] - [[shibari]] - [[ikebana]] - [[kintsugi]] - [[yakuza]] - [[bonsai]] | ||
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+ | '''Japan''' is an island country in [[East Asia]], located in the northwest [[Pacific Ocean]]. | ||
+ | Japan has the world's [[List of countries by life expectancy|second-highest life expectancy]], though it is experiencing a [[Aging of Japan|decline in population]]. The [[culture of Japan]] is well-known around the world, including its [[Japanese art|art]], [[Japanese cuisine|cuisine]], [[Music of Japan|music]], and [[Japanese popular culture|popular culture]], which encompasses prominent [[Anime|animation]] and [[Video games in Japan|video game]] industries. | ||
+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | *[[Japanese philosophy]] | ||
- | == Notes == | + | {{GFDL}} |
- | Culture: [[Tokyo]] - [[Japanese cinema]] - [[Japanese culture]] - [[Japanese erotica]] - [[Japanese exploitation]] - [[Japanese literature]] - [[Japanese music]] - [[Japonisme]] - [[manga]] - [[otaku]]{{GFDL}} | + |
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Japanese music: Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yasuaki Shimizu, Hiroshi Yoshimura Japanese literature: Edogawa Ranpo – Ryū Murakami - Haruki Murakami Japanese film directors: Juzo Itami - Takashi Miike - Akira Kurosawa - Koji Wakamatsu - Hayao Miyazaki Japanese films: Woman in the Dunes (1964) - Blind Beast (1969) - In the Realm of the Senses (1976) - Akira (1988) - Tampopo (1985) - Tetsuo (1988) - Tokyo Decadence (1992) - Audition (1999) - Spirited Away (2001) - Howl's Moving Castle (2004) Japanese erotica: Yoshifumi Hayashi - Hajime Sorayama - Nobuyoshi Araki Japanese culture: Tokyo - Japanese cinema - Japanese avant-garde - Japanese culture - Japanese erotica - Japanese low culture - Japanese garden - Japanese literature - Japanese music - Japanese New Wave - Japonisme - anime and manga - butoh - geisha - ukiyo-e - wabi-sabi - mono no aware - shibari - ikebana - kintsugi - yakuza - bonsai --Jahsonic, Feb 2021 |
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Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
Japan has the world's second-highest life expectancy, though it is experiencing a decline in population. The culture of Japan is well-known around the world, including its art, cuisine, music, and popular culture, which encompasses prominent animation and video game industries.
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