Japan

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I. Background Information
==A. Located in the Pacific Ocean off of the coast of East Asia. Its neighboring countries are China, Russia, and Korea. Japans topography includes mountains (over 75% of Japan’s land), volcanoes, plains (29% of land), and short rivers. == ==B. Japan’s government is a parliamentary with a constitutional monarchy and Naoto Kan is the current prime minister of Japan. Japanese is the main language. ==

C. Population is 126,804,433people.
 ==D. Japan is an MDC because it has a negative growth rate and 99% of the population is literate. == =II. Biodiversity = ==A. Typically the climate of Japan is moderate, but some islands are more extreme than others. It also has four main seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter). == ==B. Japan has herbivores (sika deer, wild boar), carnivores (red fox, Asiatic black bear), and omnivores (finless porpoise). == ==C. The major hotspots of biodiversity in Japan are the 3,000 islands off of the Japanese Archipelago. ==

E. Deciduous Forest is the main biome present in Japan.
==F. The Sika Deer and the Ryukyu Rabbit are both endangered species in Japan due to over hunting and habitat loss. == ==G. Japan’s main terrestrial biome is deciduous forest and its main aquatic biome is the Pacific Ocean. == ==H. The human impacts on Japan’s biomes are deforestation of the deciduous forest and whaling in the ocean. == ==I. The Japanese Wolf, Ezo wolf, Japanese sea lion, Wren, and Golden eagle are all endangered and extinct species that live or once lived in Japan. These species obtained this because of habitat destruction in Japan to make more urban developments. == ==J. Japan, like other countries, has introduced species. One of which is the Java mongoose that causes massive habitat destruction. Another is the raccoon that destroys agriculture. ==

=<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 24pt 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;">III. Human Population =

<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;">A. Japan’s growth rate is 0.2 (0.02%)
==<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;">B. The doubling time is 350 years. It is slower than the world’s doubling time. == ==<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;">C. Birth rate: 7.31 (per thousand) Death Rate: 10.09 (per thousand) Migration Rate: 0migrants/1000 people. This data does agree with the rate of growth. ==

<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;">D. Demographic stage is stage four.
==<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;">E. Japan has family planning that encourages people to have more children. They use child allowances and other rewards to encourage this. It has not been affective. == ==<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; height: 180pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; visibility: visible; width: 303pt;"> ==

=<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 24pt 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;">IV. Resource Management = ==<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;">A. Silver, gold, and paper are three of the top resources produced in Japan. == ==<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;">B. Japan’s main exports are Cars, motorcycles & computer accessories, with cars being the most exported. Its main import is military apparel. == ==<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;">C. Japan manages its forests by implementing soil and water conservation measures and developing efficient methods for using wood and other forest products. == ==<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;">D. The rangelands must be conserved in Japan due to the shortage of land. == ==<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;">E. National parks in Japan include, Hokkaidō (North),Tohoku (Northeast),Kantō (East), Chūbu (Central), Kansai (West),Chūgoku & Shikoku (Southwest),Kyūshū (South),Okinawa (Southern Islands). == ==<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;">F. Japan uses terraced slopes to help make up for its shortage of land. == ==<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;">G. Its main method of protecting crops is the use of integrated pest management and the limited use of pesticides. == ==<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;">H. Japan’s people get their food from fishing, terrace farming, and imports from other countries. == ==<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;">I. Japan gets a large portion of its water from aquifers. The water is of very good quality and often comes from mountains. ==