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  2. List of islands of Japan - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Japan is the fourth-largest island country in the world, behind Australia, Indonesia, and Madagascar. [3] Japan is also the second-most-populous island country in the world, only behind Indonesia. According to a survey conducted by the Japan Coast Guard in 1987, the number of islands in Japan was 6,852. At that time, the survey only ...

  3. List of island countries - Wikipedia

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    Indonesia is the world's largest island country by area (1,904,569 km 2), and by total number of islands (17,504 islands). [4] It is also the world's most populous island country, with a population of over 270 million (the fourth most populous country in the world, after India , China , and the United States ).

  4. Japanese archipelago - Wikipedia

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    The Daitō Islands, the Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc, the Kuril Islands, and the Nanpō Islands neighbor the archipelago. Japan is the largest island country in East Asia and the fourth-largest island country in the world with 377,975.24 km 2 (145,937.06 sq mi). [3] [4] It has an exclusive economic zone of 4,470,000 km 2 (1,730,000 sq mi). [5]

  5. List of countries by number of islands - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by number of islands, with figures given for the numbers of islands within their territories. In some cases, this figure is approximate and may vary slightly between sources depending on which islands are counted. The criteria for inclusion appear to differ considerably between the countries so they are not necessarily directly comparable. Different languages use ...

  6. Geography of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japan has the sixth longest coastline in the world (29,751 km (18,486 mi)). It is the largest island country in East Asia and the fourth largest island country in the world. [12] Because of Japan's many far-flung outlying islands and long coastline, the country has extensive marine life and mineral resources in the ocean.

  7. Outline of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin" (because it lies to the east of nearby countries), which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun". Japan is an archipelago of 14,125 islands.

  8. A New Island Has Suddenly Appeared Near Japan—But It ... - AOL

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    A 16-day undersea volcano eruption resulted in a new above-water island near Iwo Jima, Japan. A pile up of volcanic ash and rocks in a shallow area of the seafloor allowed the island to form ...

  9. List of extreme points of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The extreme points of Japan include the coordinates that are the farthest north, south, east and west in Japan, and the ones that are at the highest and the lowest elevations in the country. Japan's northernmost point is disputed , because Japan considers it to be on Iturup , an island de facto governed by Russia .