Geographic Location

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the pacific ocean, it lies to the East of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the North to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the South. Japan is compromised of over 3,000 islands which make it an archipelago. The geographical alignment of Japan includes latitude of 36 o 00' N and longitude of 138 o 00' E. The country of Japan integrates 377,835 square kilometers of area in the Eastern region of Asia.

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