Confederations Cup: Japan

Location: Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan/East Sea, east of the Korean Peninsula.

Capital: Tokyo

Population: 127,368,088

Language: Japanese

Ethnic Groups: Japanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.6%

FIFA Ranking #32.  Player to watch: Shinji Kagawa, Keisuke Honda