Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south.

Appearance
Japan is the only country with animal attribute, which reflect the crazy side of it's culture and remind of a Nekomimi/Nekochan (girl with cat's ears) or a Kistune. She is most the time wearing the clothing of Japanese students, including black loafers, long white socks, short navy blue skirt, with white top with a little red scarf. Japan may also be shown to wear a business type of suit.

Personality
Japan is most of the time acting in a cute way.

Interests
Japan loves her pop culture based on manga, anime and all the crazy other stuff. Since USA showed her Baseball she's been in love with the sport and even Better than USA sometimes.

Flag meaning
The flag is named "Hi no maru" but also "Nisshōki". The red circle represents the goddess of the sun Amateratsu.

Friends

 * France -
 * USA - (possible crush, fans might ship them)
 * Canada -
 * South Korea (sometimes) -
 * Serbia -
 * Greece -
 * Indonesia -
 * Philippines -
 * Bulgaria-

Neutral

 * China - frenemies

Enemies

 * North Korea -
 * Japanese Empire (mother/past self) -

United-States of America
The two had really hard times during WW2, but after the two nuclear bombs Japan got under USA tutelage and completely changed to became this cute lil' thing. Japan got traumatise but USA seems to regrets this excessive use of nuke. Since the two countries are in good relation and Japan is always ready for some baseball. USA really appreciates Japan's pop culture. There has even been hints of Japan possibly liking USA a bit more, and some of the fans ship the two.

France
A strange fascination is shared by the two countries. Japan is very interested in the sophisticated side of the French culture (wine, castles) while France loves her pop culture (manga and anime).

Greece
These two countries both share a love for cats, hinting to Greece's stray cat population. They're seen as relatively close friends.

Serbia
These two countries are probably in love.