• The population of Japan in 2000, at New Year, was 127 million. Its population density was 336 people per square kilometer.
• The population ranking of Japan dropped from 7th to 8th in 1990 and from 8th to 9th in 1998 and 10th since
Japanese plural kimono is also sometimes used. Kimono are T-shaped, straight-lined robes worn so that the hem falls to the ankle, with attached collars and long, wide sleeves. Kimono are wrapped around the body, always with the left side over the right (except when dressing the dead for burial),[and secured by a sash called an obi, which is tied
of Asia. Measured from the geographic coordinate system, Japan is 36° north of the equator and 138° east of the Prime Meridian. The country is north-northeast of China and Taiwan (separated by the East China Sea) and slightly east of Korea (separated by the Sea of Japan). The country is south of the Russian Far East.