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  2. Housing in Japan - Wikipedia

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    In terms of tenure, 62.4% of housing in Japan consisted of owner-occupied dwellings, 24.3% of units leased by the private sector, 7.6% of units leased by the public sector, and 5.2% of housing for government workers and company employees. [11] Balconies of a typical apartment building in Sapporo. According to a housing survey carried out in ...

  3. Education in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Attainment. Secondary diploma. 95.97% [7] Post-secondary diploma. 61.95% [6] Education in Japan is managed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan. Education is compulsory at the elementary and lower secondary levels, although more than 95% of the students receive higher secondary education as well.

  4. Japanese archipelago - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese archipelago (Japanese: 日本列島, Nihon Rettō) is an archipelago of 14,125 islands that form the country of Japan. It extends over 3,000 km (1,900 mi) from the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast to the East China and Philippine seas in the southwest along the Pacific coast of the Eurasian continent, and consists of three island arcs from north to south: the Northeastern Japan Arc ...

  5. List of countries by home ownership rate - Wikipedia

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    Country or Territory Home ownership rate(%) Date of Information China 96.0: 2020 Laos 95.9: 2015 Romania 95.3: 2021 Kazakhstan 95: 2018 Slovakia 92.9: 2021 Hungary 91.7: 2021 Croatia

  6. Tokyo - Wikipedia

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    Tokyo ( / ˈtoʊkioʊ /; [8] Japanese: 東京, Tōkyō, [toːkʲoː] ⓘ ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( 東京都, Tōkyō-to ), is the capital city of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023. [9] The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six ...

  7. Japanese prisoners of war in World War II - Wikipedia

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    A group of Japanese prisoners of war in Australia during 1945. During World War II, it was estimated that between 35,000 and 50,000 members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces surrendered to Allied servicemembers prior to the end of World War II in Asia in August 1945. [1] Also, Soviet troops seized and imprisoned more than half a million ...

  8. Ie (Japanese family system) - Wikipedia

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    The physical ie: a Japanese House. Ie (家) is a Japanese term which translates directly to household. It can mean either a physical home or refer to a family 's lineage. It is popularly used as the "traditional" family structure. The physical definition of an ie consists of an estate that includes a house, rice paddies and vegetable gardens ...

  9. Academic grading in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Most national universities employ a 4-scale grading system (only with A, B, C and F). Below-average students are given an F, and are encouraged to retake the same subject (s) in the following semesters. GPA is a simple numerical representation of college results in Japan. As of 2014, 497 Japanese universities use this system.