Asahi Shimbun Japan Almanac 1993 [antikvár]

Location and Physical FeaturesJapan is an island nation situated off the east coast of the Asian continent. The nation's roughly 7,000 islands extend in an arc of about 3, 000 kilometers northeast to southwest. Total land area, if the Northern Territories are included, is 377,737 square kilometers, nearly 1.5 times the land area of the United Kingdom.