Each title looks at each country through a variety of themes such as location, landscape and climate, population and health, settlements, family life, religion and beliefs, education and learning, employment and economy, industry and trade, farming and food, transport and communications, leisure and tourism and environment and wildlife.

Includes maps, statistics panels and simple graphs and charts; and a topic web showing links with this series to other subject areas.

This book is part of a book series called Discover Countries .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Hachette Children's Group .

Susan Crean has worked in educational publishing in the USA and UK for more than 10 years. She has written and edited hundreds of books for children and young people, specialising in world history and geography.

This book has the following chapters: Discovering Japan Landscape and Climate Population and Health Settlements and Living Family Life Religion and beliefs Education and economy Industry and trade Farming and food Transport and communications Leisure and tourism Environment and wildlife Glossary Topic web Further information and index