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Japanese Factbook - World War Earth

Blub Empire
28-01-2007, 02:05
In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Following the Treaty of Kanagawa with the US in 1854, Japan opened its ports and began to intensively modernize and industrialize. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Japan became a regional power that was able to defeat the forces of both China and Russia

Capital:
Tokyo

Population:
127,463,611


Area:
total: 377,835 sq km
land: 374,744 sq km
water: 3,091 sq km
note: includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto)
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
29,751 km
Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm; between 3 nm and 12 nm in the international straits - La Perouse or Soya, Tsugaru, Osumi, and Eastern and Western Channels of the Korea or Tsushima Strait
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate:
varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
Terrain:
mostly rugged and mountainous
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m
highest point: Mount Fuji 3,776 m
Land use:
arable land: 11.64%
permanent crops: 0.9%
other: 87.46% (2005)
Irrigated land:
25,920 sq km (2003)
Natural hazards:
many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors) every year; tsunamis; typhoons
Blub Empire
29-01-2007, 18:53
Army

Infantry: 180,000 in 12 divisions of 15,000
Imperial Guard: 10,000 in 1 division of 10,000
Blub Empire
29-01-2007, 19:24
Navy

42,000 personel

Battleships: 7
Fuso
Asahi
Mikasa

Fuji Class
Fuji
Yashima

Shikishima Class
Shikishima
Hatsuse


Armored Cruisers: 8
Chiyoda
Yakumo
Azuma
1 Unknown

Asama class
Asama
Tokiwa

Izumo class
Izumo
Iwate


Protected Cruisers: 17
Sai Yen (Ex-Chinese)
Izumi
Unebi
Yaeyama
Chishima
Akitsushima
Yoshino
Takasago

Naniwa Class
Naniwa
Takachiho

Matsushima class
Itsukushima
Matsushima
Hashidate

Akashi class
Suma
Akashi

Chitose class
Chitose
Kasagi


Armored Corvettes: 3
Ryūjō

Hiei Class
Kongo
Hiei

Destroyers: 24
(16 British and 8 Japanese-made)

Torpedo Boats: 63
(26 German, 10 British, 17 French, and 10 Japanese-made)