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Japan, essentials
Data as of 1 Oct 2026
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Power
Type A · 100 V- Plug types
- Sockets in Japan
Type A - Voltage
- 100 V
- Frequency
- 50 Hz east / 60 Hz west
Money
￥ JPY- Currency
- ￥ Japanese YenCode JPY
- Converter
- 1 EUR = 178.5 JPYReference rate on 1 Oct 2026, European Central Bank. Approximate, for budgeting.JPY
- Price level
- estimate Household consumption price level 69.0 (US = 100), 2025. A macro estimate (ICP), not a shopping basket.
Time
UTC+9- Local time
- ––:––Asia/Tokyo
- Time zone
- UTC+9No daylight saving time; the clocks never change.
- From you
- Computed in your browser from your device's clock and the IANA time zones.
Getting around
Drive on the left- Driving side
- Drive on the left
- Speed limits in
- km/h
- Measurements
- Metric
- Temperature
- °C
Talk
Japanese- Official
- Japanese
- Spoken by
- estimate Share of the population (Unicode CLDR estimates).
Call
+81- Calling code
- +81
- Emergency
- Each number is checked against an official source.110Police · Police (National Police Agency).119Fire, Ambulance · Fire and ambulance (Fire and Disaster Management Agency); the dispatcher asks whether it is a fire or a medical emergency.118Coast guard (at sea) · Japan Coast Guard: incidents and accidents at sea.
Go
Official links- Visa rules
Coming later: needs a human-written, sourced note. Until then, use the official entry links above.
- Travel advice
- United States: official travel advice
- United Kingdom: official travel advice
- Canada: official travel advice
- Germany: official travel advice
- Australia: official travel advice
When
Climate · holidays- Climate
- Warmest Aug 24.0 °C · coldest Jan 0.2 °C · wettest Jul 224 mm. Monthly normals 1991–2020.
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Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec °C 0.2 0.7 4.3 9.8 14.9 18.7 22.7 24.0 20.3 14.4 8.4 2.8 mm 80 75 105 115 137 195 224 180 199 141 100 89 - Next holidays
- Tue, 3 Nov 2026Culture Day · 文化の日
- Mon, 23 Nov 2026Labor Thanksgiving Day · 勤労感謝の日
- Fri, 1 Jan 2027New Year's Day · 元日
- Mon, 11 Jan 2027Coming of Age Day · 成人の日
Formats
2026/10/01 · A4- Dates
- 2026/10/01Example: 1 Oct 2026, written the local way.
- Week starts
- Sunday
- Numbers
- 1,234.5
- Paper
- A4
- Weekend
- Saturday – Sunday
Basics
Tokyo · .jp- Capital
- Tokyo
- Population
- 123.4m2025
- Area
- 377,975 km²2024
- Government
- Constitutional monarchyHead of state: Naruhito · since 1 May 2019 human review pendingHead of government: Sanae Takaichi · since 21 Oct 2025 human review pendingOffice-holders from Wikidata.
- Internet domain
- .jp
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