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The parliamentary monarchy of Japan (Japanese: 日本, Nippon) with its capital Tokyo in East Asia covers 377,975 km². The state consists of 14,125 islands in the Pacific Ocean and indirectly borders Russia to the north and northwest, North Korea and South Korea to the west, and Taiwan and China to the southwest.

Japan - Map, Flag, Coat of Arms

The five main islands are Hokkaido (78,420 km²) in the north, the central and largest island Honshu (227,942 km²), followed by the islands Shikoku (18,297 km²) and Kyushu (36,782 km²), as well as the smaller island of Okinawa (1,208 km²) located even further south. To the north is the Korea Strait, to the west the East China Sea, to the south the Pacific Ocean, and to the east the Seto Inland Sea.

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