JAPAN

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Ivan Pavao Popović Ferara 4.a.
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 WHAT IS JAPAN?

 Japan is an island country in East Asia.

 The Japanese archipelago is a group
of 14,125 islands that form the country
of Japan.
 Japan is the eleventh most populous
country in the world.
 According to the Statistical Bureau of
Japan, the population of Japan as of
May 2022 is at 125.05 million, including
foreign residents.
 JAPAN´S FLAG

 This flag is officially called the Nisshōki

( 日章旗 , 'flag of the sun’) .
 But in Japan it is more commonly
known as Hinomaru ( 日の丸 , 'Ball of
the sun')
 It embodies the country`s nickname:
the Land of the Rising Sun.
 According to protocol, the flag may fly
from sunrise until sunset
 JAPAN´S LANGUAGE

 There are 3 types of alphabets in

Japan: Hiragana, Katakana and kanji.
 Hiragana being the easiest one in
translate means ˝simple˝.
 The word katakana means
"fragmentary kana˝.
 The term kanji in Japanese literally
means "Han characters". It is written
in Japanese by using the same
characters as in traditional Chinese.
 JAPAN`S ART AND
ARCHITECTURE

 This is one of the most popular

paintings in japan, its name is : The
Great Wave off Kanagawa.
 It has been tilted as "possibly the
most reproduced image in the
history of all art„
 The artist of this masterpiece is
Katsushika Hokusai.
 He created the picture in late 1831
during the Edo period.
 JAPAN´S CURRENCY

 The yen is the official currency

of Japan.
 It is widely used as third reserve
currency after the US dollar and the
euro.
 For an example, 100 yen is 0.70
euros .
 It was made by Ōkuma Shigenobu
who at first made the coins square
shaped but changed them to circles
afterwards.
MANGA
 Manga are comics or graphic
novels originating from Japan.
 In Japan, people of all ages of life
read manga.
 One of the most popular authors
are Eichiro Oda and Miura Kentaro.
 Sadly, manga creation is a very
underpaid job in japan.
 In japan every year they spend
more paper to make manga then
toilet paper.
 ANIME

 Anime is a hand-drawn and

computer generated animation
originating from Japan.
 The first ever anime was created in
1907.
 For anime its the same as manga,
takes a whole team and is very
underpaid.
 Some of the best and most popular
anime studios are Mappa and
Ufotable.
 PROS OF LIVING IN JAPAN
1. High-quality services of the public transportation
2. The high quality of education
3. AMAZING food
4. Tons of entertainmant
5. Super clean and organised
HIGH-QUALITY OF PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION

 Most famously known transportaion

in Japan is a train called the bullet
train.
 It has been operating for 58 years
and hasnt had a single accident.
 The maximum operating speed is
320 km/h.
 When it was put to the test of high it
can go the train reached a huge
number of 443 km/h.
 THE HIGH QUALITY OF
EDUCATION

 Japan has one of the best-educated

populations beacuse of its 100%
enrollment in compulsory grades.
 An average gpa of a highschooler
in Japan is minimally4.0.
 Students have dress
codes(uniforms), women wear
dresses and skirts while the men
wear suits.
 AMAZING FOOD

 One of the most famous foods in

japan that we also have here are:
sushi, tempura, tofu and ramen.
 Most of the time the food is packed
in little boxes or bowls, depending
on the dish.
 A very big percentage of food they
eat is sea food which is the reason
why Jpanese people live very long.
 Fruit is very expensive in Japan.
 TONS OF
ENTERTAINMENT

 Japan is famous for being so extra

and exciting.
 Japan is filled with huge shopping
malls that are filled with stuff being
the latest fashion to having smart
household electronics.
 The biggest mall in Japan is called
Aeon Lake Town, it consists of 3
buildings and has 700 plus storys.
 SUPER CLEAN AND
ORGANISED

 In Buddhisam and Japanese Shintoism,

cleanliness has historically been
regarded as an important part of
religious pracitice.
 They are very organised people, they
have lines and formations for every
little thing.
 In some schools students are the ones
doing the cleaning.
 CONS OF LIVING IN JAPAN
1. The languafe barrier
2. Big suicidal rate
3. Very high living cost
4. Natural disasters
 THE LANGUAGE
BARRIER

 Japanese language is ranked to be

the hardest language to learn for
native english speakers.
 It takes about 88+ weeks to speak
it to a medium level.
 Most people come really
unprepapred for Japan that they
expect everyone to speak english
or they just use google translate.
 BIG SUICIDAL RATE

 Suicide is a very common thing in

Japan.
 Every year there is about 20000+
sucides, 70% are male employees
around the age 20-44.
 The most famous spot where
people go is the Aokigahara which
lays at the base of Mt. Fuji.
 VERY HIGH LIVING
COST

 Some of the world's most expensive

land can be found in central Tokyo,
which contributes to its reputation of
being an expensive city.
 Eating out is a very common thing
in Japan, that is one of the bigger
expenses they do.
 Food by itself is very expensive,
especially fruit, fruit over there is a
very exotic thing, some people even
buy a basket of fruit as a gift to
somoene becasuse of its high cost.
 NATURAL DISASTERS

 Japan is known for there strong

earthquakes and tsunamis.
 The strongest earthquake was back
in 1923 called the Great Kanto
earthquake which waas followed by
a tsunami.
 It took 105,358 lives.
 Approximately 1500 earthquakes
per year happen in Japan.
conclusion
Literatura: Wikipedia
Japan–guide.com
Numbeo.com
Our own words &
knowledge
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