Fun Facts
- Buddhism was taken from China as one of the religions in Japan.
- The prime minister of Japan is Yoshihiko Noda.
- Japan is located in the North Pacific off the coast of Russia and the Korean peninsula. The area of Japan is 377,873km², which makes it slightly smaller in land mass than California.
- More than 70% of Japan consists of mountains, including more than 200 volcanos.
- The letters 'L, V, X' are not in the Japanese alphabet.