Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People’s Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The country is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and Shikoku. Japan has the world’s tenth-largest population, with about 127 million people.
• Ease of doing business ranking: 151 • Economic freedom ranking: 192
Japan was Singapore’s 6th largest trading partner in 2009 with total trade amounting to S$44 billion3.
Singapore-Japan bilateral trade (S$ Thousands):
2008
2009
Imports
36,579,535
27,147,635
Exports
23,487,076
17,804,161
Total Trade
60,066,610
44,951,797
Source: IE Singapore's StatLink
1 World Bank Doing Business 2010 report 2 2009 Index of Economic Freedom 3 IE Singapore's StatLink
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Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People’s Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The country is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and Shikoku. Japan has the world’s tenth-largest population, with about 127 million people.
