Population: 127,078,679 as of July 2009
Size: 145,883 square miles (377,835 square kilometers); slightly smaller than California
Climate: Tropical in the south; cool in the north
Products: rice; fish; motor vehicles, electronic equipment
Capital: Tokyo
Hawaii
Official name: Hawaii
Statehood: August 21, 1959
Size: Land area is 6,423 square miles; eight main islands form an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean
Capital: Honolulu
Population: 1,257,608 as of 2003