Infant mortality rate: 4 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 80.45 years male: 77.4 years female: 83.65 years (1997 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.44 children born/woman (1997 est.)
Nationality: noun : Japanese (singular and plural) adjective: Japanese
Ethnic groups: Japanese 99.4%, other 0.6% (mostly Korean)
Religions: observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including
Christian 0.7%)
Languages: Japanese
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% (1970 est.) male: NA% female: NA%
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Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Japan