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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 123,642,461 (July 1990), growth rate 0.4% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 11 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 5 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 76 years male, 82 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 1.6 children born/woman (1990).
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  17. Nationality: noun--Japanese (sing., pl.); adjective--Japanese.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: 99.4% Japanese, 0.6% other (mostly Korean).
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  21. Religion: most Japanese observe both Shinto and Buddhist 
  22. rites; about 16% belong to other faiths, including 0.8% 
  23. Christian.
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  25. Language: Japanese.
  26.  
  27. Literacy: 99%.
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  29. Labor force: 63,330,000; 54% trade and services; 33% manufacturing, 
  30. mining, and construction; 7% agriculture, forestry, and 
  31. fishing; 3% government (1988).
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  33. Organized labor: about 29% of employed workers; 76.4% public 
  34. service, 57.9% transportation and telecommunications, 48.7% 
  35. mining, 33.7% manufacturing, 18.2% services, 9.3% wholesale, 
  36. retail, and restaurant.
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