JAMAICA (Continued)
COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: 370 km, all standard gauge (1.435 m), single track
Highways: 18,200 km total; 12,600 km paved, 3,200 km gravel, 2,400 km improved earth
Pipelines: refined products, 10 km
Ports: 2 major (Kingston, Montego Bay), 10 minor
Civil air: 12 major transport aircraft, including 1 leased in and 1 leased out
Airfields: 42 total, 22 usable; 13 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: fully automatic domestic telephone network with 111,000 telephones (5.0 per 100 popl.); 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT station; 8 AM, 11 FM, and 9 TV stations; 3 coaxial submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 511,000; 378,000 fit for military service; no conscription; 31,000 reach minimum volunteer age (18) annually
Supply: dependent on UK and US
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 March 1982, $33.2 million; about 2.3% of central government budget
JAPAN
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LAND
370,370 km2; 16% arable and cultivated, 3% grassland, 12% urban and waste, 69% forested
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 nm except 3 nm in five international straits (fishing 200 nm)
Coastline: 13,685 km
PEOPLE
Population: 118,519,000, (July 1982), average annual growth rate 0.7%
Nationality: noun—Japanese (sing., pl.); adjective—Japanese
Ethnic divisions: 99.2% Japanese, 0.8% other (mostly Korean)
Religion: most Japanese observe both Shinto and Buddhist rites; about 16% belong to other faiths, including 0.8% Christian
Language: Japanese
Literacy: 99%
Labor force (1980): 56.5 million; 10% agriculture, forestry, and fishing; 35% manufacturing, mining, and construction; 51% trade and services; 4% government; 2% unemployed
Organized labor: 22% of labor force
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Japan
Type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Tokyo
Political subdivisions: 47 prefectures
Legal system: civil law system with English-American influence; constitution promulgated in 1946; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
National holiday: Birthday of the Emperor, 29 April
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