Methodology. The article lists the GDP of Japanese prefectures in main fiscal years, where all figures are obtained from the Statistics Bureau of Japan (日本統計局).Calculating GDP of Japanese prefectures is based on Japanese yen (JP¥), for easy comparison, all the GDP figures are converted into United States dollar (US$) or Renminbi (CN¥) according to current annual …

Prefectures of Japan ranked by population as of October 1, 2011. Figures here are according to the official estimates of Japan as of October 1, 2011, except for the census population held on October 1, 2010. Population is given according to the de jure population concept for enumerating the people. That is, a person was enumerated at the place where they usually lived, and was …

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Nagano City (長野) is the capital of Nagano Prefecture.It evolved as a temple town around Zenkoji, one of Japan's most popular temples.In 1998, the city hosted the Winter Olympic Games, and some former olympic facilities can still be viewed around town.. In the forested mountains northwest of the city center lies the Togakushi area which attracts tourists with its popular …

Japan (Japanese: 日本; Romanised as nihon or nippon) is an awesome country in East Asia.It is a group of many islands close to the east coast of Korea, China and Russia.The Pacific Ocean is to the east of Japan and the Sea of Japan is to the west. Most people in Japan live on one of the four islands. The biggest of these islands, Honshu, has the most people.