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The intelligence guys are the ones that does a lot of the cias products which are available to the general public, like the world factbook, which ive used on reports and basic information when in school and preparing briefings at work. A nighttime view of tokyo, japan from the international space station. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of japan people 2015 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about japan 20 should be addressed to the cia. Japan maintains one of the worlds largest fishing fleets and accounts for nearly 15% of the global catch.
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