Straight Basics

The almighty global online course wants me to tell you guys about Japan's geography. You ready?

CONTINENT: asia
CAPITAL: tokyo
SIZE: 377385 sq.km.
NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES: china&korea but you already knew that
CLIMATE: chill
NATURAL DISASTERS: well that's a sensitive topic
NATURAL RESOURCES: wood
POPULATION: 127287277
LIFE EXPECTANCY: men - 78.8,women - 85.6 
FERTILITY RATE: 1.39 kids
MORTALITY RATE: 3.32 people
ETHNIC GROUPS: japanese - 99%,other - 1%
RELIGIOUS GROUPS: buddhism/Shintoism
LANGUAGES: japanese, english
LITERACY RATE: 99%
PERCENTAGE THAT GOES TO UNIVERSITY: 44.8%
 NATIONAL HOLIDAY: could not find it
CONSTITUTION DAY: may 3
COUNTRY FROM WHICH THEY GAINED INDEPENDENCE: none
YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE: always 
PRIME MINISTER: yoshiko noda
POLITICAL PARTIES:   -democratic party of japan
                                       -liberal democratic party
                                       -people's life first
                                       -new komeito
                                       -your party
                                       -japanese communist party
                                       -social democratic party
                                       and like 50 million others
POLITICAL SYSTEM: parlimentary with a constitutional monarchy