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The Asia–Pacific (APAC) is the region of the world adjoining the western Pacific Ocean. The region's precise boundaries vary depending on context, but countries and territories in Australasia , East Asia , and Southeast Asia are often included.
Japan [a] is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland , it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south.
List of countries in Asia-Pacific by GDP (nominal), International Monetary Fund (Estimates for October 2023). [1] Rank Country ... 17,700,899 2 Japan: 4,230,862 3
This is a list of Asian countries and dependencies by population in Asia, ... Country / dependency % Asia Asia population Total [1] population % ... Japan: 2.6% ...
APAC: Asia-Pacific; Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim member economies that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region; APJ: Asia Pacific and Japan [3] APMA: Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa; APSG: Asia Pacific and Singapore; Arab League: a regional organization of Arab countries
By 1990 Japan's interaction with the vast majority of Asia-Pacific countries, especially its burgeoning economic exchanges, was multifaceted and increasingly important to the recipient countries. [173] The developing countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regarded Japan as critical to their development.
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 the Japanese government.
Initially, the Group was known as the Asian Group. [8] However, by the 1970s, Pacific island nations were gaining independence and joining the group. By the mid-2000s the number of Pacific island nations in the group had reached over one fifth of the membership, so they began to advocate for a change of name of the Group.