Passport card
Japan
Japan
- Capital
- Tokyo
- Continent
- Asia
- Currency
- Yen
- Languages
- Japanese
- People
- About 12 crore
- Size
- About 3.8 lakh km²
- Leader
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi
- Own name
- Nippon, origin of the sun
- Time
- 3½ hours ahead of India: at 12 noon in India, it is 3:30 pm in Tokyo
⭐ Japan has over 14,000 islands; the four big ones are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku.
Your Japan stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Japan
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Japan
Turn the globe with your finger. Japan has no neighbours on land. Its nearest neighbours are across the sea.
Compare with India
Japan and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is almost 9 times the size of Japan.
- PeopleIndia has about 12 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 12 crore in Japan.
- DistanceTokyo is about 5,800 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeJapan is 3½ hours ahead of India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 3:30 pm in Tokyo.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Japan, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Japan
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Japan's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Japan back on the map
Japan and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 5 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Japan worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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