Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 100V, 50Hz or 60Hz
- Notes
- 50Hz in western Japan (Tokyo), 60Hz in eastern Japan (Osaka, Kyoto).
Phone dialing
- Code to call Japan
- +81
Mobile phones
- GSM Band
- 3G only
What every visitor should know about Japan:
- Money
- The currency is the Japanese yen (JPY). 10 JPY is worth about US$0.11, or €0.08.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4.5 out of 5 (Very safe)
Areas of concern:
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Capital
- Tokyo
- Tap water
- Excellent. Water from the tap is safe to drink.
Japan facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 127,078,679
- Language
- Japanese
- Ethnicity
- Japanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.6%
Economy
- GDP
- US$35,300 (per capita)
- Income equality
- High