Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of the Asian continent. It lies east of China, the Korean Peninsula, and Russia, and consists of an archipelago of more than 6,000 islands. The four main islands—Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku—account for most of the country’s land area and population, forming a long chain that stretches from north to south.
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