Infant mortality rate: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 79.55 years male: 76.57 years female: 82.68 years (1996 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.46 children born/woman (1996 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Japanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Japanese
Ethnic divisions: Japanese 99.4%, other 0.6% (mostly Korean)
Religions: observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
Languages: Japanese
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1970 est.)
total population: 99%
male: NA%
female: NA%
Government —————
Name of country: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Japan