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Formal Name JAPAN (Local name: Nihon) Time zone The official time zone is called "Japan Standard Time (JST)", which is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. Japan current time: *Japan Time does not operate Daylight Saving Time. Capital City Tokyo Official language Japanese National Flower Cherry Blossom (Yama zakura) Chrysanthemus (Kiku) National Bird Pheasants (Kigi) Photo courtesy of Toru Endou Population About 127,590,00 people *1 Area 377,873 km2 *2 Currency Japanese Yen symbolized by National Flag International Telephone Dialling Code +81

*1: Statistics Bureau( Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications), Sept. 2004 *2: Statistics Bureau & Statistics Center, 2000

Profile of Tokyo

Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara Flower of Tokyo Cherry Blossom (Somei Yoshino) Tree of Tokyo Ginkgo (Icho) Day of tokyo citizen black-headed gull Bird of tokyo citizen 01.Oct Sister Cities of Tokyo City Country concluded in 1. New York City USA 29.Feb.1969 2. Beijing China 14.Mar.1979 3. Paris France 14.Jul.1982 4. New South Wales Australia 09.May.1984 5. Seoul South Korea 03.Sep.1988 6. Jakarta Indonesia 23.Oct.1989 7. Sao Paulo Brazil 13.Jun.1990 8. Cairo Egypt 23.Oct.1990 9. Moscow Russia 16.Jul.1991 10.Berlin Germany 14.May.1994 11.Rome Italy 05.Jul.1996 official web site Tokyo Metropolitan Government

The official TOKYO METRO web site

Profile of Yokohama

Yokohama mayor Hiroshi Nakata Flower of Yokohama Rose(Bara) Tree of Tokyo Ginkgo (Icho) Sister Cities of Yokohama City Country concluded in 1. San Diego (USA) USA 29.Oct.1957 2. Lyons France 07.Apr.1959 3. Bombay India 26.Jun.1965 4. Odessa Ukraine 01.Jul.1965 5. Vancouver Canada 01.Jul.1965 6. Manila Philippines 01.Jul.1965 7. Shanghai china 30.Nov.1973 8. Constantza Romania 12.Oct.1977 [ Sister Ports of Yokohama ]* City Country concluded in 1. Oakland USA 02.May.1980 2. Vancouver Canada 15.May.1981 3. Shanghai China 12.Oct.1983 4. Dalian China 05.Sep.1990 5. Hamburg Germany 27.Oct.1992 [ Trade Cooperation Port of Yokohama ] 1. Melbourne Australia 24.May.1986 official web site City of Yokohama

City of Yokohama