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Japan (JP, JPN) is a country in Eastern Asia, with Tokyo as its capital. The currency is the Japanese Yen (JPY, ¥). The international dialling code is +81 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 090-1234-5678. The time zone is Asia/Tokyo. Official language: Japanese.

CurrencyJPY¥
Dial code+81e.g. 090-1234-5678
Time zoneTokyoUTC+09:00
LanguageJapanese
CapitalTokyo
Population123.2M377.9K km²

Overview

Official name
Japan
Native name
日本
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
JP
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
JPN
ISO 3166-1 numeric
392
IOC code
JPN
Demonym
Japanese
Capital
Tokyo
Region
Asia › Eastern Asia
Status
Independent, UN member
Groups
  • Eastern Asia
  • United Nations
Internet domain
.jp, .みんな
Coordinates
36, 138
Area
377,930 km²
Population
123,202,000
GDP
$5.8T ($46.8K per person)
Literacy
99%
Landlocked
No
Land borders
None

Currency

Japanese Yen JPY

Symbol
¥
Minor units
None (0 decimals)
Example
￥1,235

Languages

LanguageStatusShare of populationWriting
Japanese jaOfficial95% (117M)
ryu ryu0.77% (948.7K)5%
Korean ko0.52% (640.7K)

Time zones

Time zoneLocal timeStandardDaylight savingName
Asia/TokyoUTC+09:00noneJapan Standard Time

Phone numbers

Calling code
+81
Dial-out prefix
010
Trunk prefix
0
National number length
8–17 digits
Emergency number
110 pattern 11[09]

Number types

TypeNational formatInternational formatLayoutDigits
Fixed line03-1234-5678+81 3 1234 5678XX-XXXX-XXXX9
Mobile090-1234-5678+81 90 1234 5678XXX-XXXX-XXXX10
Toll free0120-123-456+81 120 123 456XXXX-XXX-XXX[8-17]
Premium rate0990-123-456+81 990 123 456XXXX-XXX-XXX9
Personal number060-123-4567+81 60 123 4567XXX-XXX-XXXX9
VoIP050-1234-5678+81 50 1234 5678XXX-XXXX-XXXX10
Pager020-1234-5678+81 20 1234 5678XXX-XXXX-XXXX10
Universal access0570-123-456+81 570 123 456XXXX-XXX-XXX9
Show the 16 formatting rules
Digits patternLeading digitsFormatInternational
(\d{4})(\d{4})7 | 77 | 777 | 00777[01]$1-$2$1-$2
(\d{8,10})0$1$1
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3})(?:12|57|99)0$1-$2-$3$1-$2-$3
(\d{4})(\d)(\d{4})1(?:26|3[79]|4[56]|5[4-68]|6[3-5])|499|5(?:76|97)|746|8(?:3[89]|47|51)|9(?:80|9[16]) | 1(?:267|3(?:7[247]|9[278])|466|5(?:47|58|64)|6(?:3[245]|48|5[4-68]))|499[2468]|5(?:76|97)9|7468|8(?:3(?:8[7-9]|96)|477|51[2-9])|9(?:802|9(?:1[23]|69))|1(?:45|58)[67] | 1(?:267|3(?:7[247]|9[278])|466|5(?:47|58|64)|6(?:3[245]|48|5[4-68]))|499[2468]|5(?:769|979[2-69])|7468|8(?:3(?:8[7-9]|96[2457-9])|477|51[2-9])|9(?:802|9(?:1[23]|69))|1(?:45|58)[67]$1-$2-$3$1-$2-$3
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4})60$1-$2-$3$1-$2-$3
(\d)(\d{4})(\d{4})3|4(?:2[09]|7[01])|6[1-9] | 3|4(?:2(?:0|9[02-69])|7(?:0[019]|1))|6[1-9]$1-$2-$3$1-$2-$3
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4})1(?:1|5[45]|77|88|9[69])|2(?:2[1-37]|3[0-269]|4[59]|5|6[24]|7[1-358]|8[1369]|9[0-38])|4(?:[28][1-9]|3[0-57]|[45]|6[248]|7[2-579]|9[29])|5(?:2|3[0459]|4[0-369]|5[29]|8[02389]|9[0-389])|7(?:2[02-46-9]|34|[58]|6[0249]|7[57]|9[2-6])|8(?:2[124589]|3[26-9]|49|51|6|7[0-468]|8[68]|9[019])|9(?:[23][1-9]|4[15]|5[138]|6[1-3]|7[156]|8[189]|9[1-489]) | 1(?:1|5(?:4[018]|5[017])|77|88|9[69])|2(?:2(?:[127]|3[014-9])|3[0-269]|4[59]|5(?:[1-3]|5[0-69]|9[19])|62|7(?:[1-35]|8[0189])|8(?:[16]|3[0134]|9[0-5])|9(?:[028]|17))|4(?:2(?:[13-79]|8[014-6])|3[0-57]|[45]|6[248]|7[2-47]|8[1-9]|9[29])|5(?:2|3(?:[045]|9[0-8])|4[0-369]|5[29]|8[02389]|9[0-3])|7(?:2[02-46-9]|34|[58]|6[0249]|7[57]|9(?:[23]|4[0-59]|5[01569]|6[0167]))|8(?:2(?:[1258]|4[0-39]|9[0-2469])|3(?:[29]|60)|49|51|6(?:[0-24]|36|5[0-3589]|7[23]|9[01459])|7[0-468]|8[68])|9(?:[23][1-9]|4[15]|5[138]|6[1-3]|7[156]|8[189]|9(?:[1289]|3[34]|4[0178]))|(?:264|837)[016-9]|2(?:57|93)[015-9]|(?:25[0468]|422|838)[01]|(?:47[59]|59[89]|8(?:6[68]|9))[019] | 1(?:1|5(?:4[018]|5[017])|77|88|9[69])|2(?:2[127]|3[0-269]|4[59]|5(?:[1-3]|5[0-69]|9(?:17|99))|6(?:2|4[016-9])|7(?:[1-35]|8[0189])|8(?:[16]|3[0134]|9[0-5])|9(?:[028]|17))|4(?:2(?:[13-79]|8[014-6])|3[0-57]|[45]|6[248]|7[2-47]|9[29])|5(?:2|3(?:[045]|9(?:[0-58]|6[4-9]|7[0-35689]))|4[0-369]|5[29]|8[02389]|9[0-3])|7(?:2[02-46-9]|34|[58]|6[0249]|7[57]|9(?:[23]|4[0-59]|5[01569]|6[0167]))|8(?:2(?:[1258]|4[0-39]|9[0169])|3(?:[29]|60|7(?:[017-9]|6[6-8]))|49|51|6(?:[0-24]|36[2-57-9]|5(?:[0-389]|5[23])|6(?:[01]|9[178])|7(?:2[2-468]|3[78])|9[0145])|7[0-468]|8[68])|9(?:4[15]|5[138]|7[156]|8[189]|9(?:[1289]|3(?:31|4[357])|4[0178]))|(?:8294|96)[1-3]|2(?:57|93)[015-9]|(?:223|8699)[014-9]|(?:25[0468]|422|838)[01]|(?:48|8292|9[23])[1-9]|(?:47[59]|59[89]|8(?:68|9))[019]$1-$2-$3$1-$2-$3
(\d{3})(\d{2})(\d{4})[14]|[289][2-9]|5[3-9]|7[2-4679]$1-$2-$3$1-$2-$3
(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{3,4})7 | 77$1-$2-$3$1-$2-$3
(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{4})8$1-$2-$3$1-$2-$3
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4})800$1-$2-$3$1-$2-$3
(\d{2})(\d{4})(\d{4})[25-9]$1-$2-$3$1-$2-$3
(\d{4})(\d{3})(\d{3,4})0$1-$2-$3$1-$2-$3
(\d{4})(\d{4})(\d{4,5})0$1-$2-$3$1-$2-$3
(\d{4})(\d{5})(\d{5,6})0$1-$2-$3$1-$2-$3
(\d{4})(\d{6})(\d{6,7})0$1-$2-$3$1-$2-$3

Address and postal code

Address layout

〒{Postal code}
{State/province}
{Street address}
{Organization}
{Name}
Required fields
Street address, State/province, Postal code
Uppercase fields
State/province
Region label
prefecture
Predefined regions
47

Postal code

Pattern
\d{3}-?\d{4}
Examples
154-0023 · 350-1106 · 951-8073 · 112-0001 · 208-0032 · 231-0012

Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week
Sunday
Weekend
Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year
Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle
24-hour (0–23), also K, h
Calendars
gregorian, japanese
Measurement system
Metric
Temperature
Celsius
Paper size
A4
Locales

Number and date formats

As written by the Japanese (Japan) locale (ja-JP), amounts in JPY.

Number
1,234,567.891
Percent
45.7%
Currency (JPY)
￥1,234,568
Accounting
(￥1,234,568)
Currency, name
1,234,568円
Compact short
123万
Compact long
123万
Scientific
1.235E6
Speed
時速 88 キロメートル
Temperature
21.5°C
Date, full
2026年3月27日金曜日
Date, long
2026年3月27日
Date, medium
2026/03/27
Date, short
2026/03/27
Time, medium
15:04:05
Time, short
15:04
Date and time
2026/03/27 15:04
Month and year
2026年3月
Weekday
金曜日
Relative time
昨日 · 3 日後 · 2 時間前
List: and
A、B、C
List: or
A、B、またはC

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