I made this slideshow as my presentation in the class. It contents general information of Japan, such as location, weather, education system, politics, lifestyle, food and drink so on and so forth.

1. Presentation
Lecturer: Sok Chanthou
Group: 5
Japan, Country in My
Dream
1, Chem David
2, Heng HuyHuang
3, Lo Lida

2.  General Information
 Educational System
 Health Care System
 Healthy Food
 Transportation
 Festival
 Tourism

3.  Meaning of Japan
 Japan, in Chinese, is “日本”
 日= Sun
 本= Origin
 Japan means Sun-Origin, which is
referred to the “Land of the Rising”

4.  Japan is an island nation in East Asia.
 It locates in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the
east of the Sea of Japan, 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.

5. • Japan has 6582
islands=377,900km2
• The 4 largest islands,
Honshu, Hokkaido,
Kyushu and Shikoku.
• Tokyo is the capital city
of Japan.

6.  Japan has the world’s tenth-largest
population, with over 127 million people.
 Life expectancy: Male 80.57 years, Female
87.43 years
 Average salary: 250,000yen/month
 Languages: Japanese

7.  Unitary parliamentary democracy and
constitutional monarchy
 Prime minister is Yoshihiko Noda
 Emperor: Akihito
 Empress: Michiko

8.  The average
yearly
temperatures:
16.3-23.1°C
Spring Summer
Autumn Winter

9.  Most Japanese consider themselves Buddhist,
Shintoism, or both.
 Small among of Japanese believe in
Christianity, Islam, Hinduism.

10. History of education
in Japan
• Formal education in Japan
began with the adoption of
Chinese culture in the 6th
century.
• Scholars officials were chosen
through an imperial
examination system.

11.  The school year in Japan begins in April
and classes are held from Monday to
either Friday or Saturday, depending on
the school.
 The school year consists of two or three
terms, which are separated by short
holidays in spring and winter, and a six
week long summer break.

12. The Jikei University Hospital
• The Health Care system in
Japan provides healthcare
services, including
screening examinations,
prenatal care and infectious
disease control.

13.  The patients accepting responsibility for
30%of the costs while the government
pays the remaining 70%.
 Payment for personal medical services is
offered through a Universal Health Care
insurance system that provides relative
equality of access, with the fees set by
government committee.

14.  Some Ingredients of healthy Japanese cooking
Tofu - curd made
from soya beans
Shiitake-mushrooms Prawn - shellfish
Soba noodles -
buckwheat flour
Wakame - seaweed

15.  Major cities and towns provide
some kind of public Railways
◦ Train
◦ Airplane
◦ Bus
◦ Ship
◦ Car

16. Lantern floating
festival
Coming-of-age
festival
Snow festival

17. Mount Fuji Himeji Castle
Ginza, Tokyo

18. References
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan
 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_languages_do_J
apanese_speak
 http://shockerz.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/top-10-
reasons-why-people-want-to-live-in-japan/
 http://gojapan.about.com/cs/weather/a/climateinjapan
.htm
 http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e629.html
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Japan
 http://www.education-in-japan.info/sub1.html

19.  http://www.naturalelixir.com/longlife.html
 http://word.office.live.com/wv/WordView.aspx?FBsrc=https%
3A%2F%2
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Japan
 http://theakiba.com/major-festivals-japan
 www.timeanddate.com › Calendar › Holidays › Japan
 http://jvhirniak.hubpages.com/hub/Top-Ten-Places-to-
Visit-in-Japan
 http://www.lonelyplanet.com/japan/travel-tips-and-
articles/76477

20. Thank You For Your Attention!!!
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