Japan - Wikipedia
WEBJapan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 14,125 islands, with the four main islands being Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, and Kyushu. Tokyo is the country's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto .
History of Japan - Wikipedia
WEBJapan was inhabited by a predominantly hunter-gatherer culture that reached a considerable degree of sedentism and cultural complexity. The name Jōmon, meaning "cord-marked", was first applied by American scholar Edward S. Morse, who discovered shards of pottery in 1877.
Geography of Japan - Wikipedia
WEB4,470,000 km 2 (1,730,000 sq mi) Japan is an archipelagic country comprising a stratovolcanic archipelago over 3,000 km (1,900 mi) along the Pacific coast of East Asia. [8] It consists of 14,125 islands. [9] [10] The four main …
Portal:Japan - Wikipedia
WEBJapan is an island country in East Asia. It is in the northwest Pacific Ocean and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south.
Japan - Wikipedia
WEBJapan (Japanese: 日本 Nippon [nip̚põ̞ɴ] or Nihon; formally 日本国 Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku, meanin "State o Japan") is a sovereign island naition in Eastren Asie.
Culture of Japan - Wikipedia
WEBThe culture of Japan has changed greatly over the millennia, from the country's prehistoric Jōmon period, to its contemporary modern culture, which absorbs influences from Asia and other regions of the world.
Tokyo - Wikipedia
WEBTokyo ( / ˈtoʊkioʊ /; [8] Japanese: 東京, Tōkyō, [toːkʲoː] ⓘ ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( 東京都, Tōkyō-to ), is the capital city of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023. [9] The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six ...
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Demographics of Japan - Wikipedia
WEBAccording to the United Nations, the population of Japan was roughly 126.4 million people (as of January 2020), which peaked from 128.5 million people in 2010. It is the 6th-most populous country in Asia, and the 11th-most populous country in the world.
List of islands of Japan - Wikipedia
WEBJapan is an island country of 14,125 islands, of which approximately 260 are inhabited. Japan is the fourth-largest island country in the world, behind Indonesia, Madagascar, and Papua New Guinea. Japan is also the second-most-populous island country in the world, only behind Indonesia.
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