BBC on Japan

I gathered up some general information from BBC's website that is useful to knowing a little more about Japan:

Full name: Japan

Population: 127.2 million (UN, 2009)

Capital: Tokyo

Area: 377,864 sq km (145,894 sq miles)

Major language: Japanese

Major religions: Shintoism, Buddhism

Life expectancy: 79 years (men), 86 years (women) (UN)

Monetary unit: yen

Main exports: Vehicles, computer parts, chemicals, scientific instruments and watches

GNI per capita: US $38,210 (World Bank, 2008)

Internet domain: .jp

International dialling code: +81

The press

• Asahi Shimbun - daily, English-language pages
• Yomiuri Shimbun - daily, English-language pages
• Mainichi Daily News - English-language pages
• Sankei Shimbun - daily
• Nikkei Net - English-language pages
• The Japan Times - English-language

Television

• NHK - public, operates the General TV, Educational TV channels. NHK also runs satellite channels BS-1 and BS-2 and high-definition TV (HDTV) network Digital Hi-Vision. NHK World is the organisation's international English-language channel.
• TV Asahi - national commercial network
• Fuji TV - national commercial network
• Nippon TV (NTV) - national commercial network
• Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) - national commercial network

Radio

• NHK - public, operates news/speech-based Radio 1, cultural/educational network Radio 2, classical music-based network FM Radio, external service Radio Japan
• Inter FM - Tokyo commercial music station
• J-Wave - Tokyo commercial music station
• Tokyo FM - Tokyo-based commercial network
• TBS Radio - network operated by Tokyo Broadcasting System

News agency

• Kyodo - English-language pages

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