Japan
Japan 🇯🇵 is a country in Asia with a population of approximately ~125 million (2024). Its capital is Tokyo. This is the complete reference for identifying Japan in MapDash, Worldle, Globle, and other daily geography puzzles — drawn from one of 212 country profiles in the network.
Quick facts
| Flag | 🇯🇵 |
| Continent / region | Asia |
| Capital | Tokyo |
| Population | ~125 million (2024) |
| ISO codes | JP / JPN |
| Coordinates | 35.67°, 139.77° |
| Bordering countries | Maritime: South Korea, China, Russia, Taiwan |
Famous for
Mount Fuji, the bullet train (Shinkansen), anime and manga, the world's third-largest economy by nominal GDP, the longest life expectancy of any major country.
Quiz tips for Japan
Island nation in the Pacific — neighbor clue will be maritime. Greater Tokyo is the world's most populous metro area (~37M).
How Japan appears in daily geography puzzles
In MapDash, Japan is identified through the clue sequence: asia first, then population range (~125 million (2024)), then bordering countries, then capital (Tokyo), then a famous-for hint.
In Worldle, Japan is identified by its country outline shape. In Globle, the heat-map proximity game warms guesses as they approach Asia.
Neighboring countries
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Reading Japan in MapDash context
The Japan record above pulls directly from OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary. What follows is the per-entity context — how Japan sits in the broader country-guessing geography puzzles distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for Japan is typically a peer within recognized sovereign countries with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Frequently asked questions
What is the capital of Japan?
The capital of Japan is Tokyo.
What continent is Japan in?
Japan is in Asia.
What is the population of Japan?
Japan has a population of approximately ~125 million (2024).
What countries border Japan?
Japan has maritime neighbors only. Maritime: South Korea
What is Japan famous for?
Mount Fuji, the bullet train (Shinkansen), anime and manga, the world's third-largest economy by nominal GDP, the longest life expectancy of any major country.