Geography: Japan Island nation in the northwest Pacific Ocean off the coast of east Asia， separated by the Sea of Japan from Russian Siberia， China， and K The Japanese archipelago includes four major islands【四大岛】(Hokkaido， Honshu， Kyushu， and Shikoku) as well as many smaller Its capital and largest city is T -“日出之国”Called the “Land of the Rising Sun，” Japan is symbolized by a red sun on a white -国家象征：富士山Another symbol of Japan is Fujiyama， also called Mount Fuji， a volcano whose symmetrical snow-capped peak has been the object of countless pilgrimages， poems， and It has not erupted since -政治制度：Imperial Japan was organized on a feudal system (see feudalism)， characterized by the samurai (the warrior class， which eventually became landed gentry) and the shogun (the hereditary administrative leader) The emperor， believed to be divine， was the ceremonial Japan is a constitutional monarchy -被迫开放的历史：Japan's ports were first opened to Western traders in the sixteenth century but were closed in the seventeenth Japan remained in virtual isolation until the 1850s， when an American naval officer， Matthew C Perry， persuaded the government to reopen trade with the W-经济概况：Suffering from overcrowding， lack of natural resources， and the influence of powerful military factions， Japan pursued an aggressive policy of expansion in China during the 1930s， ultimately resulting in a military alliance with Germany and Italy to form the Axis powers in World War II (See also Hiroshima， Pearl Harbor， and Douglas MacA)Although a world leader in shipbuilding， electronics， and automobile manufacture， Japan's economy suffered a severe slump during the 经济概况：Economy - overview: Government-industry cooperation， a strong work ethic， mastery of high technology， and a comparatively small defense allocation (1% of GDP) helped Japan advance with extraordinary rapidity to the rank of second most technologically powerful economy in the world after the US and the third-largest economy in the world after the US and China， measured on a purchasing power parity (PPP) One notable characteristic of the economy has been how manufacturers， suppliers， and distributors have worked together in closely-knit groups called A second basic feature has been the guarantee of lifetime employment for a substantial portion of the urban labor Both features have now Japan's industrial sector is heavily dependent on imported raw materials and The tiny agricultural sector is highly subsidized and protected， with crop yields among the highest in the Usually self sufficient in rice， Japan must import about 60% of its food on a caloric Japan maintains one of the world's largest fishing fleets and accounts for nearly 15% of the global For three decades， overall real economic growth had been spectacular - a 10% average in the 1960s， a 5% average in the 1970s， and a 4% average in the Growth slowed markedly in the 1990s， averaging just 7%， largely because of the after effects of overinvestment and an asset price bubble during the late 1980s that required a protracted period of time for firms to reduce excess debt， capital， and From 2000 to 2001， government efforts to revive economic growth proved short-lived and were hampered by the slowing of the US， European， and Asian In 2002-06， growth improved and the lingering fears of deflation in prices and economic activity Japan's huge government debt， which totals 176% of GDP， and the aging of the population are two major long-run Some fear that a rise in taxes could endanger the current economic Debate also continues on the role of and effects of reform in restructuring the economy， particularly with respect to the 2007-17 privatization of Japan Post， which has functioned not only as the national postal delivery system but also， through its banking and insurance facilities， as Japan's largest financial 国际纷争：Disputes - international: the sovereignty dispute over the islands of Etorofu， Kunashiri， and Shikotan， and the Habomai group， known in Japan as the "Northern Territories" and in Russia as the "Southern Kuril Islands，" occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945， now administered by Russia and claimed by Japan， remains the primary sticking point to signing a peace treaty formally ending World War II hostilities; Japan and South Korea claim Liancourt Rocks (Take-shima/Tok-do) occupied by South Korea since 1954; China and Taiwan dispute both Japan's claims to the uninhabited islands of the Senkaku-shoto (Diaoyu Tai) and Japan's unilaterally declared exclusive economic zone in the East China Sea， the site of intensive hydrocarbon 下面的链接里还有很多……不过有些长，帮你挑出来这些，希望有用~
