Japan


 
 
Japan

For other uses, see Japan (disambiguation).

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Japan (Japanese: ??, Nihon or Nippon) is a country on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. Known as the "Land of the Rising Sun", Japan lies to the east of the Asian continent, and is composed of over 3,000 islands. The largest and main islands are, from north to south, Hokkaid?, Honsh? (the largest island), Shikoku, and Ky?sh?. The Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa, are southwest of the main islands.

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Japanese: When used as an adjective, Japanese refers to anything that originates from Japan. It may refer to more than one article:...

Country: : This article describes a type of political entity. Country is also a short form for the countryside or the country music genre....

Pacific Ocean: :For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation)....


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Introduction
History
Government and politics
Geography of Japan
Economy
Society
Military
Further reading
Miscellaneous topics
References
External links
Special characters
 
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Ryukyu Islands (1) - Ky?sh? (1) - Shikoku (1) - Country music (1) - Countryside (1) - Okinawa (1) - Honsh? (1) - Pacific Ocean (1) - Country (1) - Japanese (1) - Hokkaid? (1) - Asian continent (1) - Land of the Rising Sun (1) -
 

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