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    1Both forms are valid, and derive from different pronunciations of a Chinese character.

Further Reading

  • Statistics Bureau of the Prime Minister’s Office (up to 2000) and Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (from 2001): Statistical Yearbook (from 1949).—Statistical Handbook (from 1958).—Monthly Statistics of Japan (from 1947–2006; online only since 2006 as Japan Monthly Statistics).—Historical Statistics (from 1868–2002)

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(2018). Japan. In: The Statesman’s Yearbook 2018. The Statesman's Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-70154-4_252

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