Japan is an island country in the western North Pacific Ocean made up of over 6,800 islands stretching from Hokkaido in the north to Kyushu in the south. The four main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, with Honshu being the largest. In addition to the main islands, Japan includes smaller island groups like the Ryukyu Islands south of Kyushu and the Izu and Bonin Islands east of Honshu. Tokyo, located in east-central Honshu, is Japan's capital and one of the world's most populous cities.
Japan is an island country in the western North Pacific Ocean made up of over 6,800 islands stretching from Hokkaido in the north to Kyushu in the south. The four main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, with Honshu being the largest. In addition to the main islands, Japan includes smaller island groups like the Ryukyu Islands south of Kyushu and the Izu and Bonin Islands east of Honshu. Tokyo, located in east-central Honshu, is Japan's capital and one of the world's most populous cities.
Japan is an island country in the western North Pacific Ocean made up of over 6,800 islands stretching from Hokkaido in the north to Kyushu in the south. The four main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, with Honshu being the largest. In addition to the main islands, Japan includes smaller island groups like the Ryukyu Islands south of Kyushu and the Izu and Bonin Islands east of Honshu. Tokyo, located in east-central Honshu, is Japan's capital and one of the world's most populous cities.
Japan, island country lying off the east coast of Asia.
It consists of a great string of islands in a
northeast-southwest arc that stretches for approximately 1,500 miles (2,400 km) through the western North Pacific Ocean. Nearly the entire land area is taken up by the country’s four main islands; from north to south these are Hokkaido (Hokkaidō), Honshu (Honshū), Shikoku, and Kyushu (Kyūshū). Honshu is the largest of the four, followed in size by Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. In addition, there are numerous smaller islands, the major groups of which are the Ryukyu (Nansei) Islands (including the island of Okinawa) to the south and west of Kyushu and the Izu, Bonin (Ogasawara), and Volcano (Kazan) islands to the south and east of central Honshu. The national capital, Tokyo (Tōkyō), in east-ce ntral Honshu, is one of the world’s most populous cities.