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Japan - Economy
Currency : Yen (JPY) = 100 Sen
Rate of exchange (Sept.2004) :

1 Euro = 133 Yen (JPY)

GDP (Gross Domestic Product), 2002 : 3992 billion dollars
GDP per capita, 2002 : 31198 dollars
GNP (Gross National Product), 2005 : 4988.2 billion dollars
GNP per capita, 2005 : 38984 dollars

Japan - Miscellaneous information
 CONSUMPTION (individual / year) (world rank 1997) :
- Eggs = 350 (1)
 MAIN NATURAL RESOURCES (world rank 2002) :
- Strawberries (3)
- Tangerines (3)
- Carrots (5)
- Cabbages (5)
- Tea (7)
- Rice (10)
- Potatoes (18)
 - Eggs (2)
- Silk (5)
 - Tin (11)
- Nickel (11)
- Silver (19)
- Zinc (23)
 OTHER RESOURCES & PRODUCTS (world rank 1997) :
- Beer (5)
 - Cars (1)
 RECORDS :
- Most populous urban agglomeration in the world = Tokyo (population = 34 M).
- Official world record of men's longevity = Shigechiyo Izumi (died in 1986 at the age of 120 y and 237 days).
- Japan has the world record of average life expectancy : 80.6 years (men = 77, women = 84).
- 7th largest island in the world = Honshu (230 900 Km2).
- Longest suspension bridge in the world = Akashi-Kaiko (1990 m).
- Longest tunnel in the world = Seikan (53.9 Km).
- The biggest statue in the world = Buddha's statue of bronze in Tokyo (height=120 m, width=35 m).
- Highest cost of living in the world = Tokyo and Osaka. (source = Guiness Book 2003)

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