Geography Life Japan Nippon Land of the Rising

Geography & Life— Japan

Nippon -- “Land of the Rising Sun”

Cooperation and good manners

Japan Terrain Japan and the United State ---1/25 Area (small) 377, 887 square kilometers (145, 902 square miles) Population (high density ): 127, 288, 419 (2008 est)

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The map of Japan-- Isolated

Bodies of Water Ishikari R. Sea of Japan Surrounded all by water Shinano R. s n ea r o K Abundant seafood ait r t S Inland Sea Tone R. Pacific Ocean

Kitani Mts. Hokkaido Mountain s & Peaks Islands Kitakami Mts. Honshu i un k i M ts. M u k o g Chu ts. Kyushu M Kyushu Okinawa Shikuku s. t M Mt. Fuji

Plains Ishikari Plain Kanto Plain Nobi Plain Osaka Plain

The final map China Russia Kitani Mts. Ishikari R. Hokkaido N. Korea S. Korea Ishikari Plain Sea of Kitakami Mts. Japan Honshu Shinano R. Kanto Plain. s t M Tone R. its a i Kyoto r n t u S ik Tokyo n a M e Kor ts. M u Yokohama k o g u Ch Hiroshima Mt. Fuji s Mt. u h s u y K Shikuku Nobi Plain Pacific Ocean Osaka Plain Nagasaki Inland Sea Kyushu Okinawa

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Global Tectonic Plates Japan -- On the “Fire Rim of the Pacific”

Japanese Earthquakes: 1961 -1994

Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995 ► 7. 2 Richter scale ► 5, 500 deaths

Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995

Tsunamis – Tidal Waves

Japan’s Land Area and Utilization

Natural Resources

Raw Materials

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