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The Japanese people are homogeneous and comprise 98.5% of the whole population of Japan. Worldwide, roughly 129 million people are of Japanese ancestry; of these, around 125 million are inhabitants of Japan. The Japanese language has a three-component writing system applying Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Inland Japanese people use mostly Japanese for daily communication. The adult literacy rate in Japan surpasses 99%. Nonetheless, Japan accepts a steady flow of 15,000 new Japanese citizens by naturalization per year. Japan is a country of “one race, one civilization, one language and one culture.” Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Taro Aso has called Japan a “one race” nation.