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Japan

	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 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 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 sometimes identified as the "Land of the Rising Sun," derived from the country's eastward position relative to China.

Short name	Japan
Official name	Japan
Status	Independent country since 538 (Asuka period)
Location	East Asia
Capital	東京 (Tokyo)
Population	128,085,000 inhabitants
Area	377,873 km²
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

Map of Japan

Map of Japan (in French)

Map of Japan

Regions and Prefectures of Japan

Regions of Japan

Prefectures of Japan

Administrative divisions of Japan

Districts of Japan

Wards of Japan

Cities of Japan

北海道
Hokkaido Pref.
北海道
Hokkaido Pref.
an edited version due to dispute area
青森県
Aomori Pref.
岩手県
Iwate Pref.
宮城県
Miyagi Pref.
秋田県
Akita Pref.
山形県
Yamagata Pref.
福島県
Fukushima Pref.
茨城県
Ibaraki Pref.
栃木県
Tochigi Pref.
群馬県
Gumma Pref.
埼玉県
Saitama Pref.
千葉県
Chiba Pref.
東京都
Tokyo Pref.
神奈川県
Kanagawa Pref.
新潟県
Niigata Pref.
富山県
Toyama Pref.
石川県
Ishikawa Pref.
福井県
Fukui Pref.
山梨県
Yamanashi Pref.
長野県
Nagano Pref.
岐阜県
Gifu Pref.
静岡県
Shizuoka Pref.
愛知県
Aichi Pref.
三重県
Mie Pref.
滋賀県
Shiga Pref.
京都府
Kyoto Pref.
大阪府
Osaka Pref.
兵庫県
Hyogo Pref.
奈良県
Nara Pref.
和歌山県
Wakayama Pref.
鳥取県
Tottori Pref.
島根県
Shimane Pref.
岡山県
Okayama Pref.
広島県
Hiroshima Pref.
山口県
Yamaguchi Pref.
愛媛県
Ehime Pref.
福岡県
Fukuoka Pref.
長崎県
Nagasaki Pref.
熊本県
Kumamoto Pref.
大分県
Oita Pref.
宮崎県
Miyazaki Pref.
鹿児島県
Kagoshima Pref.
沖縄県
Okinawa Pref.

Sea of Japan

TsuShima Strait

Ryūkyū Islands

Kuril Islands dispute

Kuril Islands

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.

Map of ancient japanese prvinces

Template:Boshin War

First Chinese Japanese War

Russo-Japanese War

Empire of Japan

Empire of Japan and its occupied territories

Map of the Japanese Empire (1870-1942)

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Empire of Japan at its heighst time

Second World War 1937-1942

Second World War 1942-1945

Proposed division in occupation zones

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.

"Iaponia", map of Japan by Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594)

Japan in 1602 by Matteo Ricci (oldest known map of this region)

17th century map of Japan by Francois Caron

18th century map of Japan

Map by Englebert Keampfer

Japan in 1707. Thought to be by Pieter van der Aa.

Emmanuel Bowen: A New & Accurate Map of The Empire of Japan

Japan and Korea in 1815

Japan in 1821

Japan in 1855

Japan in 1900

Japan in 1911

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Notes and references

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