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  2. Japanese archipelago - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese archipelago (Japanese: 日本列島, Nihon Rettō) is an archipelago of 14,125 islands that form the country of Japan. [1] It extends over 3,000 km (1,900 mi) [2] from the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast to the East China and Philippine seas in the southwest along the Pacific coast of the Eurasian continent, and consists of three island arcs from north to south: the Northeastern ...

  3. List of islands of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The four main islands of Japan are: [5][6] Hokkaido – the northernmost and second largest main island, third most populous. Honshu – the largest and most populous island, with the capital Tokyo. Honshu is connected to the other three main islands by bridges and tunnels. Kyushu – the third largest main island, second most populous and the ...

  4. Geography of Japan - Wikipedia

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    4,470,000 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 islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The other 14,120 islands are classified as "remote islands" by ...

  5. List of islands of Japan by area - Wikipedia

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    List of islands of Japan by area. Japan has 14,125 [1] islands. Approximately 430 are inhabited. [2][3] This list provides basic geographical data of the most prominent islands belonging or claimed by Japan. claimed but not controlled.

  6. Five Bridges of Amakusa - Wikipedia

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    The Five Bridges gave hope and confidence in the development of Japan's bridge-construction technology, and changed the lives of those living at the Amakusa Islands (see survey below: Evaluation). Tourists come to view the area's scenery and many islands, and the roads are called the Amakusa Pearl Line, based on the products of cultured pearls.

  7. Attack on Pearl Harbor - Wikipedia

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    The initial announcement of the attack on Pearl Harbor was made by the White House Press Secretary, Stephen Early, at 2:22 p.m. Eastern time (8:52 a.m. Hawaiian time): "The Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor from the air and all naval and military activities on the island of Oahu, principal American base in the Hawaiian islands."

  8. Geiyo Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Geiyo Islands (芸予諸島, Geiyo Shotō) are a group of islands in the Seto Inland Sea, under the administration of Hiroshima Prefecture and Ehime Prefecture. Some of the largest islands in the archipelago are connected by the Nishiseto Expressway bridge system connecting Honshu and Shikoku , as well as the Akinada Tobishima Kaido from ...

  9. The US ambassador to Japan visits southern islands at the ...

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    Okinawa's Gov. Denny Tamaki, who supports the Japan-U.S. security alliance but calls for a reduction of the island’s burden of hosting half of about 50,000 American troops based in Japan ...