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Japan CIA Map |
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| Location |
Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula |
| Grography |
strategic location in northeast Asia |
| Coordinates |
36 00 N, 138 00 E |
| Area |
total: 377,835 sq km land: 374,744 sq km water: 3,091 sq km note: includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto) |
| Terrain |
mostly rugged and mountainous |
| Natural Hazards |
many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors) every year; tsunamis; typhoons |
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Source: CIA World Factbook
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Source: CIA World Factbook |
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