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Japan

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日本

日本語 日本 - 日本国[1]

日本国 (にっぽんこく・にほんこく)、通称日本はユーラシア大陸、東アジアの朝鮮半島東端から日本海を経て太平洋に面する日本列島を主要な領土とする島国。

English Japan - Japan

Japan is an island country comprising a stratovolcanic archipelago over 3,000 km (1,900 mi) long in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of ► China, ► North Korea, ► South Korea and ► Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south. To the south lie ► Taiwan and the ► Philippines and to the east the ► Northern Mariana Islands, all three share maritime borders with Japan. The characters that make up Japan's name literally mean "sun-origin," thus Japan is identified as the "Land of the Rising Sun," derived from the country's eastward position relative to the Asian continent.


Short name  Japan
Official name Japan
Status February 11, 660 BC (National Foundation Day)
Location East Asia
Capital 東京 (Tokyo)
Population 125,930,000 inhabitants
Area 377,975.24[2] square kilometres (145,937.06 sq mi)
Major languages Japanese (official)
Major religions Shintoism and Buddhism
More information Japan, Geography of Japan, History of Japan and Politics of Japan
More images Japan - Japan (Category).

General maps

Japan sea map.png
English: Map of Japan
עברית : מפת יפן
Carte japon.jpg Map of Japan (in French)
Japan topo en.jpg
English: Map of Japan
עברית : מפת טופוגרפית של יפן
Regions and Prefectures of Japan.png
English: Regions and Prefectures of Japan
עברית : אזורים ומחוזות ביפן
Regionen japans.png
עברית : אזורים ביפן
Japan prefectures.png
עברית : מחוזות ביפן
Japan admin levels.svg
English: Administrative divisions of Japan
עברית : חלוקה מנהלית של יפן
Japan districts.png
עברית : נפות יפן
Japan wards.png Wards of Japan
JapanCitiesTownsOMC.PNG Major cities and towns of Japan
Japan cities.png
עברית : ערי יפן
Japan's ocean currents.PNG The ocean currents surrounding the Japanese archipelago
Koppen-Geiger Map JPN present.svg A Köppen climate classification map of Japan
Tectonic map of Japan-fr.png Tectonic map of Japan (French)
Sea of Japan Map en.png Sea of Japan
TsuShima Strait.png Tsushima Strait
East China Sea.jpg Ryūkyū Islands
Location of the Ryukyu Islands.JPG Ryukyu Islands
Ogasawara islands.png Nanpō Islands
Map of Izu Islands.png Izu Islands
Satsunan-Islands-Kagoshima-Japan.png Map of the Satsunan Islands of Kagoshima, Japan
Japan Exclusive Economic Zones.png Exclusive economic zone of Japan
Kurilenkonflikt.png Kuril Islands dispute
Kuril-Islands-Northern-Territories-of-Japan-Map.png Northern Territories of the Kuril Islands
Demis-kurils-russian names.png Kuril Islands

Prefectures

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Japan, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Japan.

Ancient Provinces of Japan Ryoseikoku Map.png Map of Ancient Japanese Provinces
Gokishichido Seven Circuits Japan Map.png Gokishichido Map (Five provinces and seven circuits)
Map-of-Japan-1183-Heian-Genpei-War.png Japan in 1183, Genpei War
Map Japan Genki1-en.svg Japan in 1570, Sengoku Jidai
Azuchimomoyama-japan.png Japan in late 16th century, Azuchi–Momoyama period
BoshinCampaignMap.jpg Boshin War (1868-1869)
First Chinese Japanese war map of battles.jpg First Chinese Japanese War
Battlefields in the Russo Japanese War.jpg Russo-Japanese War
Location Japanese Empire.png Empire of Japan
Greater Japanese empire.png Empire of Japan and its occupied territories
Japanese Empire2.png Map of the Japanese Empire (1870-1942)
Second world war asia 1937-1942 map de.png Second World War 1937-1942
Second world war asia 1943-1945 map de.png Second World War 1942-1945
Proposed postwar Japan occupation zones.png Proposed division in occupation zones

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

Map of Japan in Provinces in time of Iyeyasu.jpg Japan in Provinces in the time of Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1651)
Japonia.Mercator.JPG "Iaponia", map of Japan by Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594)
Sea of japan in ricci world map.jpg Japan in 1602 by Matteo Ricci (oldest known map of this region)
CaronMap.jpg 17th century map of Japan by Francois Caron
Daikokoya Kodayu - Landkarte von Japan.jpg 18th century map of Japan
Map of Japan by Keampfer.jpg Map by Englebert Keampfer
William Adams 1707 map of Japan.jpg Japan in 1707. Thought to be by Pieter van der Aa.
Japan1744.jpg Emmanuel Bowen: A New & Accurate Map of The Empire of Japan (1744)
KaiIchiranzu1806.jpg Kai Ichiran Zu map of Japan in 1806
Corea and Japan Map in 1815.jpg Japan and Korea in 1815
Japan1821.png Japan in 1821
Map of Japan 1855.jpg Japan in 1855
Karta över Japan vid 1900-talets början (ur Nordisk familjebok).jpg Japan in 1900
"Japan" with inset map "Formosa and Riu-Kiu Islands" from A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia, by J.G. Bartholomew. J.M. Dent and Sons, Ltd. 1912.jpg Japan in 1911
Empire-of-Japan-Topographic-Map-大日本帝国の地形図-1918.jpg Empire of Japan detailed topographic map, 1918

Satellite maps

Satellite image of Japan in May 2003.jpg Satellite map (2003)
Satellite View of Japan 1999.jpg Satellite map (1999)
Japan-Archipelago-Outlined-Islands-Map.png Japanese archipelago with outlined islands (2004)
Japan Relief Map of Land and Seabed.png A relief map of the land and the seabed of Japan (2009)
Extreme points japan map.png Extreme points of Japan (2009)

Notes and references

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  1. Romanization: Nihon - Nihon-koku.
  2. 令和元年全国都道府県市区町村別面積調(10月1日時点), Reiwa 1st year National area of each prefecture municipality (as of October 1) (in ja). Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (26 December 2019). Archived from the original on 2020-04-15. Retrieved on 2 January 2020.

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References