Kitanippon

North Japan, officially the People's Republic of Japan (PRJ or PR Japan; Japanese: 日本人民共和国, Nippon Jinmin Kyowakoku), is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Japanese islands. The country is bordered to the north by Russia through the Soya Strait and to the south by South Japan, with the heavily fortified Japanese wall (DMZ) separating the two. North Japan, like South Japan, claims to be the legitimate government of all of Japan.

At the end of the Second World War, Japan was divided into a Soviet and Allied zones; the south coalesced into the State of Japan, retaining the monarchy, while in Tohoku, the Soviets created an alternate government dominated by communists such as Kyuichi Tokuda and Sanzo Nosaka. During the Korean War, the North Japanese government launched invasions of South Japan and managed to overrun the Kanto region; however, UN forces repulsed the invasion, ending in a stalemate and divided Tokyo. Both Japanese governments claim their zones of Tokyo as their capital although some of their offices are also located in other cities; in North Japan's case, Sapporo.

North Japan is a socialist state, and ruled to this day by the Japanese Communist Party.

Geography

Located in Eastern Eurasia and the northwest of the Pacific Ocean, the PRJ claims territory of 4 large islands in Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and more than 7,200 other small islands, so it is also called the "country of a thousand islands." The land area of ​​Japan is about 377,900 square kilometers. The east and south of Japan are the Pacific Ocean, with the Sea of ​​Japan and the East China Sea to the west, and the Sea of ​​Okhotsk to the north facing North Korea, South Korea, China, the Soviet Union, and the Philippines.

However, the actual territory controlled by the People’s Republic of Japan is only in the east and north, and the west is separated from the State of Japan by a military boundary line of 138 degrees (the 138 degree line roughly coincides with the Itoigawa-Shizuoka structural line). The heads of the Northern and Southern governments have explored a lot of plans for reunification and tried to reach a partial agreement. However, due to the international situation and ideological hostility, Japan remains divided into two states to this day.

The territory of the DPRJ is composed of three distinct territories: Hokkaido, Tohoku, and Kanto.

Tohoku is mountainous, being crossed from north to south of the almond massifs of the Ōu mountain range. It culminates at Mount Iwate (2,038 meters), in the prefecture of the same name and to the north-west of the town of Morioka. Because of its presence, it is called the Nanbu Fuji or "Mount Fuji of Nanbu" (from the name of the historical region where it is located, corresponding to the former domain of the Nambu clan). Also know in the region is the Hakkoda massif (1,585 m at Mount Ōdake , Aomori), the Zaō volcano(1,841 m , border between the prefectures of Yamagata and Miyagi), Mount Azuma-kofuji (1,705 m ), and the Adatara volcano (whose last eruption took place in 1996 , 1,718 m , Fukushima ).

These mountains are interspersed with three collapsed basins forming valleys on a north-south axis, often cut off from the ocean by the relief and organized into a gnarled network of low passes, where most of the population is concentrated. The coasts are generally rocky and very jagged, having prevented on a large part of the coast the installation of the port. The inhabitants of this region are therefore distributed in an original way compared to the rest of Japan, with an importance of the interior, and therefore a dependence historically on land transport rather than sea and on agriculture rather than peach.

The climate is relatively harsh, very snowy and foggy. The western slope experiences very cold winters and a short but hot and sultry summer. The eastern slope is more clearly influenced by the oceanic influence of the Pacific, and therefore experiences higher precipitation. The interior is more continental in nature and is drier.

Politics

North Japan is a one-party socialist state. However, like China and Vietnam, it adopted 'market-based socialism' and was inspired by Yugoslavia.

The national legislature is the People's Assembly (500), which is elected by universal suffrage by men and women over the age of 18, and primary and secondary industry workers, revolutionary academics, and men and women over the age of 20. The People's Assembly is elected by people involved in small and medium-sized commerce and industry, workers, and so on. The People's Committee, which is equivalent to the Cabinet of South Japan, consists of people appointed by the Diet under the guidance of the Japanese Communist Party, and as a civilian body, prohibits the addition of former Japanese Imperial military personnel and active People's military personnel. The Assembly is criticized by other states as a rubber stamp parliament, which the North Japanese government denies.

The President is the head of state, who also serves as the general secretary of the Communist Party. The President of the People's Republic is considered supreme, but unlike his counterparts in the DPRK and China, he is not subjected to the cult of personality Sanzo Nosaka and Kyuichi Tokuda enjoyed.

The Central People's Government is the PRJ's state adminstrative agency. The Prime Minister is head of the government; the Secretariat of the Central People's Government handles daily functions of the government.

In addition to the Secretariat, the Central People's Government is composed of the following Ministries: Interior, Justice, Foreign Affairs, People's Defense, Finance, Public Security, Agriculture, Transport, Land Resources, Construction, Industry, Foreign Trade, Science and Technology, Health, Labour, Welfare, Director of the Central Bank, and the Unification Ministry.

Society

Education

Compulsory education is provided in North Japan for twelve years; six years in primary school, three years of middle school, and three years of secondary school. After completing compulsory education, they will go on to university or work after one year of conscription. North Japan emphasizes scientific education; ideological education has been toned down in recent years but still exists.

In addition, North Japan has a university system. Universities are allowed autonomy by the constitution, and universities recognized by the People's Republic are allowed autonomy.