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CityJapan Other sectors Employement in the service industries has evolved, growing in certain cases as in the tertiary sector along with its modernization, in spite of being weighed down by an excessive number of people. Banking is suffering from an economic crisis. Deflation has added to the difficulties of taking loans and caused a fall in the price of real estate. Wood is important in building, manufacturing furniture and utensils, it is also used for cooking and heating. As there is not enough in the country it is imported from Canada and Scandinavia. 28.1 million cubic meters were produced in Japan in 1992. The electrical industry has evolved, the manufacture of electrical goods has also risen. Videos, radios and colour TVs are exported worldwide and known for their high quality, rivalling with their German, Chinese or Dutch competitors. Population Population density in Tokyo : 5419 inhabitants per sq. km. Ethnic composition : Nippon 99.20% Aïnous 0.01% Koreans 0.56% Birth rate 9.89% Death rate 7% Languages Japanese is written in ideograms which form a complex system composed of katakana and hiragana.A fully educated person should know 1945 official ideograms. Someone who is less educated normally knows enough to read the newspaper. The education system guarantees that you learn them progressively. English is widely taught, but many older people only speak Japanese. More young people are learning French nowadays. Some useful expressions Pleased to meet you. Hajime mashite How are you? Gokigen ikaga desuka? Good morning. Ohayo gazaimass (until 11 am) Kon nichi wa (the rest of the day) Good evening. Kon ban wa Good night. Oyasami nasai Goodbye. Sayonara Thank you. Arigato gozaimass Don't mention it. Do itashi mashite It's a pleasure. Dozo Sorry. Sumimasen Excuse me. Gomen nasai / Shitsurei Do you understand? Wakarimasuka Yes, I understand. Hai, wakarimass' No, I don't understand. Iie, wakarimassen One moment please. Chotto, matte kudasai Hurry up please. Isoide kudasai Could you show me? O misete kudasai Help! Tasukete Excuse me. Gomen nasai / Shitsurei Do you understand? Wakarimasuka Yes, I understand. Hai, wakarimass' No, I don't understand. Iie, wakarimassen One moment please. Chotto, matte kudasai Hurry up please. Isoide kudasai Could you show me? O misete kudasai Help! Tasukete Religious Affiliations There are 40% Shintoists 40% Buddhists 4% Christians (1 million people, 2/3 Protestants) Others 16% Most Japanese are both Shintoists and Buddhists. Weights, Measures and Voltage The metric system is in use everywhere. Electrical current is at 100v at 50 or 60 cycles. 11 - Money The official currency is the yen, which has a value of 0.054 FF or 100 yen/dollar (1 FF = 18.5 yen). 12 - Main towns Tokyo, 13 million inhabitants, the capital, situated on the Pacific Ocean Yokohama, 3.2 million inhabitants, a port and industrial centre Osaka, 2.5 million inhabitants, an industrial centre : Nagoya Kyoto Kobe Sapporo Climate Average temperatures (max/min) : J F M A M J J A S O N D Kagoshima 12/3 11/3 15/6 19/11 22/15 22/20 28/22 30/22 27/21 25/15 18/9 12/4 Sapporo -2/-12 -1/-11 2/-7 11/0 16/4 21/10 24/14 26/16 22/11 18/4 8/-2 1/-8 Tokyo 8/-2 9/-1 12/2 17/8 22/12 24/17 28/21 30/22 26/19 21/13 16/6 11/1 Number of hours a day - rain (in mms/ number of days) : j f m a m j j a s o n d Sapporo 3 109/17 4 80/14 5 64/12 7 65/10 7 60/8 7 65/9 6 199/9 6 110/10 6 145/11 5 110/12 4 110/13 3 105/15 Tokyo 6 50/6 6 75/7 6 100/10 6 135/11 6 130/12 5 180/12 6 140/11 7 145/10 5 210/13 4 220/12 5 100/8 5 60/5 Naha 4 120/13 4 135/13 4 165/12 5 165/12 5 245/14 7 330/13 9 180/9 8 295/15 7 165/11 6 155/9 5 145/10 4 115/10 Sea temperatures (monthly average) : j f m a m j j a s o n d Naha 19 20 21 22 23 26 29 28 27 25 21 19 Niigata 8 8 9 10 13 17 22 25 23 19 16 12 Yokohama 15 14 14 16 18 22 25 27 25 23 20 17 The climate is very variable as Japan stretches from north to south. The winter tends to be dry and snowy and the summer is very hot, humid and rainy. The south of the country suffers from typhoons (taifun) in September, which sometimes destroy everything in their path. Insects and Animals  There is the 'popillia japonica', a metallic green and copper coloured beetle, which attacks plants but is destroyed by a kind of parasit wasp.The silk worm which feeds on mulberry leaves is bred to produce the precious silk. In summer, cockroaches (actually inoffensive) invade the town and the countryside

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