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LOCATION LOCATION
An islandcountry Also located in in East Asia
located in off Asia's east coast Occupies the southern
Situated on many tectonic portion of the Korean
plates in the northern Ring peninsula
of Fire.
CLIMATE CLIMATE
Moderate, and rainfall is more in
Generally mild and humid. the summer than in the winter
Because Japan lies in the due to the presence of the East
northeast tip of the Asian Asian Monsoon same with Japan.
Monsoon Zone that encompasses Winters range from cold to very
India, China, Korea, and the cold, depending on altitude, and
Southeast Asian countries. summers are hot and humid.
TERRAIN TERRAIN
Generally rocky and steep, Mostly mountainous, with short
with a forest covering 66% of coastal plains and minor valleys .
Mountains run in roughly a
the land.
north-south direction along the
The population is
eastern coastline and northward
concentrated in coastal cities, into North Korea, forming the
plains, and valleys. country’s drainage divide
TYPE OF GOVERNMENT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT
It’s government is a constitutional It's government is a democratic
monarchy in which the Emperor's republic with three major
power is primarily ceremonial branches of government:
The 3 branches are executive, executive, legislative, and judicial
legislature, and judiciary . The president is the head of
Emperor is the head of the sate while the government followed by
the Prime Minister is the head of the the prime minister and
government. ministires.
RELIGION RELIGION
The religion in Japan is made The religion in South Korea are
up of several major diversed. Halft of its population are
components, including atheist or non-religious.
Shinto, Japan's earliest Some beieve in Protestantism, in
religion, Buddhism, and Buddhism, Catholicism, and other
Confucianism. religions or cults.