Japan is a sovereign island nation located in East Asia. Japan comprises over 6,000 islands, the largest of which are Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and Shikoku, together accounting for 97% of its land area. Japan lies in the Pacific Ocean to the east of China, Korea and Russia, stretching of the Sea of Okhotsk in the north and the East China Sea in the south to Taiwan. Japan is a unitary constitutional monarchy with an emperor and an elected parliament.

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  • Japan is a sovereign island nation located in East Asia. Japan comprises over 6,000 islands, the largest of which are Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and Shikoku, together accounting for 97% of its land area. Japan lies in the Pacific Ocean to the east of China, Korea and Russia, stretching of the Sea of Okhotsk in the north and the East China Sea in the south to Taiwan. Japan is a unitary constitutional monarchy with an emperor and an elected parliament. Japan has the world's tenth largest population, with about 128 million people. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the capital city of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures, is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 30 million residents. A world leader in technology and machinery, Japan has the world's second largest economy by nominal GDP, is the world's fourth largest exporter and is the sixth largest importer. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes identified as the "Land of the Rising Sun". The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Japan:
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  • Japan
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  • Government of Japan
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  • Japan is a sovereign island nation located in East Asia. Japan comprises over 6,000 islands, the largest of which are Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and Shikoku, together accounting for 97% of its land area. Japan lies in the Pacific Ocean to the east of China, Korea and Russia, stretching of the Sea of Okhotsk in the north and the East China Sea in the south to Taiwan. Japan is a unitary constitutional monarchy with an emperor and an elected parliament.
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  • Outline of Japan
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