Japan Official Title: Japan General Information: Capital Tokyo Population (million) 12n6/a.494 Total Area 377,887 km² Currency 1 CAN$=85.5419 Japanese Yen (JPY) (2018 - Annual average) National Holiday National Foundation Day, 11 February Language(s) Japanese Political Information: Type of State Constitutional monarchy Type of Government Upper chamber: House of Councillors, 6 year terms, ½ of seats renewed every 3 years. Lower chamber: House of Representatives; 4 year terms. Bilateral Product trade Canada - Japan 35000 30000 25000 Balance 20000 s Can. Head of State Head of Government n 15000 Exports o i l 10000 l Can. His Majesty, Emperor Prime Minister i Imports NARUHITO Shinzo ABE M 5000 0 Total Trade -5000 Ministers: Foreign Affairs: Toshimitsu MOTEGI -10000 Finance: Taro ASO 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Statistics Canada Economy, Trade and Industry: Hiroshi KAJIYAMA Main Political Parties Canadian Imports Liberal Democratic Party, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Party of Hope, Komeito, from: Japan Japan Communist Party V ehicles and Eq uip . M ach. M ech. Elec. Prod . B ase M et al Pro d . Specialized Inst . C hemical Pro d . Plast ics, R ub b er Elections: Unp/paer House: July 2019. Lower House: October 2021 2019 Prod . Statistics Canada Economic Information: (2018) IMF Japan Canada Canadian Exports GDP: (billion) $6,457n.0/a5 $2,222.58 to: Japan GDP per capita: $51,046n.4/a7 $60,078.85 M ineral Pro d . GDP Growth rate: (%) 0n.8/a1 1.83 Inflation: (%) 0n.9/a8 2.24 V eg. Pro d . Unemployment: (%) 2n.4/a4 5.83 A nimal & Pro d . Product Trade and Investment: (2019) Statistics Canada W o od Pro d . Canadian Exports: $12,522,783,0n4/a3 C hemical Pro d . Canadian Imports: $16,518,060,2n8/a2 M ach. M ech. Elec. 2019 Pro d. Foreign Direct Investment in Canada (2018) $28,8n7/a1 (million) Statistics Canada Canadian Direct Investment to country (2018) $7,5n6/a0 (million) Sources: Representation: Statistics/Industry Canada http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/Home Foreign Representation in Canada IMF Ambassador Yasuhisa KAWAMURA http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28 Canadian Representation Abroad Ambassador Ian Burney February 2020 www.international.gc.ca HTML version: httpns/a://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/japan-japon/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/fs-japan-fd.aspx?lang=eng.