.... is Mt. Fuji that is 3,776 m or 12, 389 feet. The lowest point in Japan is sea level. In Tokyo, Japan the high temperature occurs in August when the temperature reached 86 degrees Fahrenheit or 30 degrees Celsius. The low temperature in Tokyo, Japan occurs in the months of January and February when temperatures only reach 30 degrees Fahrenheit or –1 degrees Celsius. The language spoken in Japan is Japanese. The other languages are minority languages. The religion in Japan is made up of 85% of Shinto and/or Buddhism and the other 15% are made up of others such as Shinko Shakyo (new religions) and Christianity. People in Japan have the ethnic backgrounds o .....

.... it was attacked by the Tlingit Indians, who killed and captured most of the Russians there. In 1804, Baranof returned to the area with a large force of Russians and Aleuts. They quickly defeated the Tlingit Indians and built New Archangel on the battle site, which later became Sitka. New Archangel soon became the largest town in Russian-America. The Russian-American Company prospered when Baranof was the leader, but after he was replaced in 1817, it declined. The people who took over were naval officers who hardly had any interest in the business, plus competition from the Americans, Canadians, and the British also made it hard to earn a profit. In addi .....

.... opposite to that being embraced by the nation. For trivial reasons Australians wish to embark upon the path of constitutional surgery and become a republic, a drastic operation fraught with danger. Changing the constitution is tinkering with the foundations of law and order, and can easily explode out of control, plunging the nation into anarchy or tyranny. Any rational nation would need a compelling reason before embarking on such a perilous undertaking- we have none, however we do have several good reasons to defer such dangerous indulgence. Immediately north of our spacious continent is a group of islands that are burgeoning with humanity. Our neighbou .....

.... Fernández de Córdoba, who in 1517 discovered traces of the Maya in Yucatán. In 1535, some years after the fall of the Aztec capital, the basic form of colonial government in Mexico was instituted with the appointment of the first Spanish viceroy, Antonio de Mendoza. A distinguishing characteristic of colonial Mexico was the exploitation of the Native Americans. Although thousands of them were killed during the Spanish conquest, they continued to be the great majority of inhabitants of what was referred to as New Spain, speaking their own languages and retaining much of their native culture. Inevitably they became the laboring class. Their plight was th .....

.... of a significant radiation leak at the proposed nuclear waste dump is from water. Even if an earthquake crushed a canister filled with plutonium deep inside the ground, the lethal material probably wouldn't get far without the help of water. Opponents led by Nevada Nuclear Projects Agency Director, Bob Loux say the danger is twofold - rain water flowing into the repository from above, and water being pushed up from an aquifer 300 feet below by an earthquake. He says there is crystalline evidence in the rocks at the repository level that indicates hot geothermal water from below has been there before and, therefore, could return. DOE mining engineers says t .....

.... PPP) received a majority of the vote and as a result Benazir Bhutto once again became prime minister. This time however, she has a pliant president in the form of an old friend. On November 13, 1993, Farooq Leghari was elected the country president. Yet even with this unique opportunity for agreement within the ruling circle reforms have not taken place (The Europa World Year Book 2460). Despite the PPP's success in the 1993 election they still faced uncertainty. They lack not only a parliamentary majority but unity within their own ranks. One of the biggest problems was a bitter family feud between Benazir Bhutto and her mother, Begum and brother, .....

.... and Brazil. From 1990 to 1992 Russia's population had a slow rate of increase at 0.4 to 0.5 percent per year. The value of Russia's money, the ruble, has dropped from the rate of 2/3 of a ruble for every one dollar in 1988 to more than 1000 rubles for every dollar in 1993. The large government deficit, equals about one- fifth of total yearly economy. The total work force in Russia numbers 72.5 million. Industry is the country's leading employer, with about 30 percent. Agriculture takes13 percent of all, and construction has 12 percent. Only about 1 million people, 1.5%, are registered unemployed, but the unemployment rate is much higher. Thousands work .....

.... by a mix of banana plantations and soils rich in dinosaur bones. Guatemala's national bird is the quetzal - a gorgeous creature which is almost extinct, due to deforestation and poachers. Jaguar, ocelot, puma, jaguarundi and margay - and their assorted diet of deer, peccary and tapir - survive, though are rarely seen. The Pacific coast is tropically scorching, with temperatures often hovering around 38 degrees Celsius. The seemingly constant high humidity abates a little in the dry season. The highlands are freezing at night, dank and chill during the rainy season, and warm and delightful in the dry season (October to May). El Petén's cl .....