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Japan

Fourth-largest economy, key US strategic ally, undergoing historic rearmament. Aging society but a technological leader.

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Data refreshed on 2026.11.04 · source: Wikidata

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The Institute's composite reading

Stable

2.3 /10 risk

  • Security 0.0
  • Legitimacy 7.8
  • Economy 6.5
  • Diplomacy 7.6
  • Influence 6.8

Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.

Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 23 (list of 2026.10.27).

Capital
Tokyo
Population
124,000,000 inh.
Area
377,975 km²
Currency
JPY
Regime
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Executive in office

Head of State

Naruhito

since 2019.05.01

Head of Government

Sanae Takaichi

since 2025.10.21 Parti libéral-démocrate

Government in office · 28 members

ministre des Affaires étrangères

Toshimitsu Motegi

since 2025.10.21 Parti libéral-démocrate Foreign affairs

ministre de la Défense

Shinjirō Koizumi

since 2025.10.21 Parti libéral-démocrate Defence

ministre des Affaires intérieures et des Communications

Hisayuki Fujii

since 2026.09.17 Parti libéral-démocrate Interior

ministre de l'Économie, du Commerce et de l'Industrie

Ryosei Akazawa

since 2025.10.21 Parti libéral-démocrate Finance

ministre des Finances

Satsuki Katayama

since 2025.10.21 Parti libéral-démocrate Finance

ministre en charge des Mesures contre le déclin démographique et de la Revitalisation de l'économie régionale

Yoshitaka Itō

since 2024.11.11 Parti libéral-démocrate Finance

ministre de la Justice

Takashi Yamashita

since 2026.09.17 Parti libéral-démocrate Justice

ministre japonais de l'Éducation, de la Culture, des Sports, des Sciences et de la Technologie

Yoshihiro Seki

since 2026.09.17 Parti libéral-démocrate Education

ministre de la Santé, du Travail et des Affaires sociales

Ken'ichirō Ueno

since 2025.10.21 Parti libéral-démocrate Health

ministre d’État chargé de l’Indemnisation des dommages liés à l’énergie nucléaire et du soutien au démantèlement nucléaire

Yoji Muto

since 2024.11.11 Parti libéral-démocrate Energy

Commissioner for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan

Gakuji Ito

since 2026.04.01

Ministre de la Reconstruction du Japon

Goshi Hosono

since 2026.09.17 Parti démocrate du Japon

Ministre en charge de la Coordination générale des mesures de réhabilitation consécutives à l’accident nucléaire de Fukushima

Tadahiko Ito

since 2024.11.11 Parti libéral-démocrate

ministre d'État chargé d'Okinawa et des Territoires du Nord

Hitoshi Kikawada

since 2025.10.21 Parti libéral-démocrate

ministre d'État en charge de la Préparation des risques nucléaires

Keiichirō Asao

since 2024.11.11 Parti démocrate du Japon

ministre de l'Agriculture, des Forêts et de la Pêche

Arata Takebe

since 2026.10.15 Parti libéral-démocrate

ministre de l'Environnement

Hiroyoshi Sasagawa

since 2026.09.17 Parti libéral-démocrate

ministre de la Transformation Numérique

Toshiharu Furukawa

since 2026.09.17 Parti libéral-démocrate

ministre de la politique océanique

Manabu Sakai

since 2024.11.11 Parti libéral-démocrate

ministre du Territoire, des Infrastructures, des Transports et du Tourisme

Tatsunori Ibayashi

since 2026.09.17 Parti libéral-démocrate

ministre d’État chargé de la Politique économique et fiscale

Minoru Kiuchi

since 2025.10.21 Parti libéral-démocrate

ministre d’État chargé des Mesures contre la dénatalité

Junko Mihara

since 2024.11.11 Parti libéral-démocrate

ministre en charge de l'Allègement du dispositif des bases militaires à Okinawa

Yoshimasa Hayashi

since 2024.11.11 Parti libéral-démocrate

ministre en charge de la Réforme Administrative

Masaaki Taira

since 2024.11.11 Parti libéral-démocrate

ministre en charge de la Sécurité économique

Kimi Onoda

since 2025.10.21 Parti libéral-démocrate

ministre pour l'Exposition internationale Horticole 2027 Yokohama

Hiromasa Nakano

since 2024.11.11 Nouveau Kōmeitō

président de la Commission nationale de sécurité publique

Yasuhiro Hanashi

since 2026.09.17 Parti libéral-démocrate

secrétaire général du Cabinet

Minoru Kihara

since 2025.10.21 Parti libéral-démocrate

Parliament

Chambre des représentants

465 seats

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Inception 1890

  • Liberal Democratic Party LDP 315
  • Centrists 47
  • Nippon Ishin no Kai JIP 36
  • Democratic Party For the People DPFP 28
  • Sanseitō 15
  • Team for the future 11
  • Independent politician 6
  • Japanese Communist Party JCP 4
  • Vacant 1

Composition · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · 2026.11.04

Chambre des conseillers

248 seats

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Inception 1947

  • Liberal Democratic Party LDP 101
  • Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan CDP 39
  • Democratic Party For the People DPFP 25
  • Komeito 21
  • Nippon Ishin no Kai 19
  • Sanseitō 15
  • Japanese Communist Party JCP 7
  • Party of Life 5
  • Independent politician 5
  • Conservative Party of Japan CPJ 2
  • Okinawa Whirlwind 2
  • Team for the future 2
2 more groups
  • Social Democratic Party SDP 2
  • Vacant 1

Composition · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · 2026.11.04

Economic indicators World Bank · 2025

GDP

4.44 T$

2025 ↑ +5.9 % vs 2024

GDP / capita

35,951 $

2025 ↑ +6.4 % vs 2024

Growth

1.2 %

2025 ↑ +1.4 pt vs 2024

Inflation

3.2 %

2025 ↑ +0.4 pt vs 2024

Unemployment

2.5 %

2025 ↓ -0.0 pt vs 2024

Defense / GDP

1.4 %

2025 ↑ +0.1 pt vs 2024

Life expectancy

84.0 yrs

2024 ↓ -0.0 % vs 2023

Military bases Institute · Wikipedia

active rotational or scaled down uncertain closed or handed over foreign base on national soil

Register kept by the Institute, updated 2026.10.08; coordinates and links read from Wikipedia.

Abroad 1

  1. 1

    JSDF Base Djibouti

    Djibouti · Djibouti

    Joint · since 2011 · Wikipédia ↗

    Japan's only overseas base, counter-piracy.

Foreign bases on national soil 6

  1. 2

    Fleet Activities Sasebo

    United States of America · Sasebo

    Naval · since 1946 · Wikipédia ↗

  2. 3

    Fleet Activities Yokosuka

    United States of America · Yokosuka

    Naval · since 1945 · Wikipédia ↗

    Home port of the Seventh Fleet and its carrier.

  3. 4

    Kadena Air Base

    United States of America · Okinawa

    Air · since 1945 · Wikipédia ↗

    Okinawa hosts about 70% of the land reserved for US forces in Japan.

  4. 5

    Marine Corps Air Station Futenma

    United States of America · Ginowan, Okinawa

    Air · since 1945 · Wikipédia ↗

  5. 6

    Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni

    United States of America · Iwakuni

    Air · since 1952 · Wikipédia ↗

  6. 7

    Misawa Air Base

    United States of America · Misawa

    Air · since 1945 · Wikipédia ↗

Military capabilities Wikipedia · IISS Military Balance résumés

Active

247 000

Reserve

56 000

Paramilitary

14 000

Land

  • 124 Type 10 Char moderne
  • 320 Type 90 Char (modernisé)
  • 230 Type 16 Char à roues
  • 70 Type 89 IFV VCI

Air

  • 200 F-15J/DJ Chasseur
  • 91 F-2 (dérivé F-16) Chasseur multirôle
  • 32 F-35A/B Chasseur 5e gén. (147 commandés)
  • 17 C-2 Kawasaki Transport tactique
  • 35 P-1 Kawasaki Patrouille maritime

Naval

  • 2 Izumo + Kaga (modifs F-35B) Porte-hélicoptères → porte-aéronefs
  • 2 Hyuga Porte-hélicoptères
  • 22 Sous-marins classe Sōryū / Taigei Sous-marin AIP
  • 8 Destroyer classe Maya / Atago / Kongō (Aegis) Destroyer Aegis
  • 8 Destroyer classe Asahi/Akizuki Destroyer

Armed forces 38 units listed · Wikidata

Navy 3 Air Force 13
Show the 38 units · raw Wikidata list, which does not always flag a disbanded unit

Armée

Central Readiness Regiment

2008

Flotte

2nd Special Squadron

Commandement

Air Defense Command

1958

Commandement

Air Development and Test Command

1955

Commandement

Air Training Command

1959

Commandement

Ground Component Command

Commandement

Joint Operations Command

2025

Commandement

Self-Defense Fleet

1954

Division

JGSDF 13th Division

Régiment

JGSDF 11th Logistic Support Regiment

Régiment

JGSDF North Eastern Army Field Artillery Regiment

Bataillon

JGSDF 10th Signal Battalion

Bataillon

JGSDF 11th Signal Battalion

Bataillon

JGSDF 12th Signal Battalion

Bataillon

JGSDF 1st Signal Battalion

Bataillon

JGSDF 2nd Signal Battalion

Bataillon

JGSDF 3rd Signal Battalion

Bataillon

JGSDF 4th Signal Battalion

Bataillon

JGSDF 6th Signal Battalion

Bataillon

JGSDF 7th Signal Battalion

Bataillon

JGSDF 8th Signal Battalion

Bataillon

JGSDF 9th Signal Battalion

Flottille

Escort Flotilla 1

1954

Flottille

JMSDF Escort Flotilla 4

1971

Escadron aérien

101st Squadron

Escadron aérien

202nd Naval Air Training Squadron

Escadron aérien

202nd Tactical Fighter Squadron

Escadron aérien

204th Tactical Fighter Squadron

Escadron aérien

205th Tactical Fighter Squadron (JASDF)

Escadron aérien

21st Fighter Training Squadron

Escadron aérien

23rd Flying Training Squadron

Escadron aérien

2nd Flight Training Squadron

Escadron aérien

304th Tactical Fighter Squadron

Escadron aérien

32nd Training Squadron

Escadron aérien

601st Squadron (JASDF)

Escadron aérien

AIROCK Aerobatic Team

1996

Escadron aérien

Central Air Command Support Squadron (JASDF)

Escadron aérien

Western Air Command Support Squadron

Nuclear posture

Capacité latente potentielle

Capacité technique reconnue · 47 t plutonium civil

Strategic chokepoints 2 control point(s)

  • contrôle Détroit de Tsushima Avec Corée du Sud
  • borde Détroit de Soya / La Pérouse Avec Russie

Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026

Democracy (V-Dem)

0.82/1

#24 liberal democracy 2025

Freedoms (Freedom House)

96/100

Free 2026

Corruption (CPI)

71/100

#182025

Press freedom (RSF)

63/100

#622026

Military posture SIPRI · 2025

Global spending rank

#10

SIPRI 2025

Annual budget

59.5 Md$

2025USD constants 2024

Defense effort

1.4 %PIB

2025

Strategic minerals USGS · production / réserves mondiales

  • #2 Iode 2024

Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023

Exports

717 Md$

Imports

785 Md$

Balance

-68 Md$

Top exports

  • Voitures + pièces 151 Md$
  • Circuits intégrés + équipements 52 Md$
  • Machines industrielles 41 Md$

Top imports

  • Pétrole brut 67 Md$
  • Gaz naturel (LNG) 42 Md$
  • Charbon 30 Md$
  • Téléphones + électronique 29 Md$

Export partners

Import partners

Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten

Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.

  • USA 84%
  • GBR 87%
  • FRA 87%
  • DEU 88%
  • RUS 18%
  • CHN 26%
  • ISR 51%

Abstention: 11%

Key treaties UN Treaty Collection · IAEA · ICRC · OPCW

  • ✓

    NPT

    1968 Ratified

  • ✓

    CTBT

    1996 Ratified

  • ✗

    TPNW

    2017 Not party

  • ✓

    Rome Statute

    1998 Ratified

  • ✗

    Genocide

    1948 Not party

  • ✓

    Geneva

    1949 Ratified

  • ✓

    Ottawa Mine Ban

    1997 Ratified

  • ✓

    Oslo Cluster Munitions

    2008 Ratified

  • ✓

    Arms Trade Treaty

    2013 Ratified

  • ✓

    Paris Agreement

    2015 Ratified

Bilateral visits, last 24 months Wikipedia · communiqués officiels

Outgoing visits

  • 2025-10-31

    Corée du Sud · Sommet APEC

    Takaichi · 1er déplacement

  • 2025-02-07

    États-Unis · Bilatéral

    Ishiba-Trump · acier, alliance

Incoming visits

  • 2024-12-01

    Chine

    Wang Yi · dialogue stratégique

Political calendar Institute · Wikipedia · 2026-11-04

Upcoming

  • 2028-10

    House of Representatives (at the latest)

    Bilan Takaichi

Last election

  • 2026-02-08

    House of Representatives

    Liberal Democratic Party 316 seats, Centrist Reform Alliance 49, Japan Innovation Party 36 (of 465) · turnout 56.3%

    Result read from Wikipedia on 2026.11.04 (CC BY-SA)

  • 2025-07-20
  • 2024-10-27

    House of Representatives

    PLD perd majorité absolue, Ishiba PM, puis Takaichi 2025

Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025

HDI

0.925/1

#232023

Top 10% (wealth)

57.8 %

WID

Gini

32.3

moderate2020

Refugees hosted

42,450

UNHCR 2025

Refugees originating

56

UNHCR 2025

Politique d'asile très restrictive

Disputed recognitions curé éditorial · UN Member States

Recognizes

  • Kosovo

Does not recognize

  • Palestine
  • Crimée russe

Defense industry SIPRI Top 100 · sites officiels

Arms export rank

#28

0.1% du marché mondial

Doctrine

National Security Strategy 2022 — capacité de contre-attaque approuvée (rupture)

Prime contractors

  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
  • Kawasaki Heavy
  • IHI
  • NEC
  • Fujitsu

Key platforms

  • F-2 (dérivé F-16)
  • Type 10/Type 90
  • Soryu/Taigei
  • Type 12 SSM

National anthem

Kimi ga yo

Composer · Hiromori Hayashi

Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata

  • G7
  • G20
  • QUAD
  • Alliance États-Unis–Japon
  • UN
  • OECD
  • WTO
  • APEC

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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days

The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 11,462 times a day (French and English). On 2026.11.03: 11,074, or ×1.0.

French + English French usual level 2026.08.06 · 2026.11.03 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users

Sources and freshness

  • Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-11-04
  • Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
  • Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · Banque mondiale Gini 2020 · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-11-04
  • Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-11-04
  • Political calendar · Institute and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 2026-11-04
  • Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-27 · read on 2026-11-04
  • Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-11-03 · read on 2026-11-04
  • Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-10-23 · read on 2026-11-04
  • Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01

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