Land and People
Fuji-san Mt. FujiShinkansen – Bullet train
大阪 OSAKA
• Osaka literally means Large hill/slope• Oldest capital• Second city• Port town• Historically Commercial capital•“Tenkano Daidokoro”-gourmet food capital
1583- 1598By Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Japan New Zealand
Land area Island
377,923 m²4,000 approx.
268,680 m²400 approx.
Latitude: 20-45 degree 34 -48 degree
Population Tokyo prefecture Osaka prefecture
127.7 million (2006)12.6 million
8 million
4.2 million (2007)
Life expectancy at birth Male Female
(2005)78.685.6
(2005)77.981.9
Languages Japanese(Ainu)
EnglishMāori
NZ Sign Language
Statistical Handbook of Japan 2007 (SHJ)New Zealand in Profile: Statistics New Zealand
Land area: 377,923 m²
Latitude: 20-45 degree
Population 127.7 million (2006) , Tokyo 12.6 mil, Osaka, 8 mil
Approx. 70% of total land area is mountainous area.
Land area: 268,680 m²
Latitude: 20-45 degree
Population 4.2 million (2007)
Approx. 70% of total land area is mountainous area.
Surrounded by the sea, Mountainous, Volcanic, have fault line close to or on its land -
earthquake
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