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The archipelago consists of 14,125 islands (here defined as land more than 100 m in circumference), of which 430 are inhabited. The five main islands, from north to south, are
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Seabed relief map, showing surface and underwater terrain and islands such as Minami-Tori-Shima, Benten-jima, Okinotorishima, and Yonaguni
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The term "home islands" was used at the end of World War II to define the area where Japanese sovereignty and constitutional rule of its
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would be restricted. The term is also commonly used today to distinguish the archipelago from Japan's colonies and other territories.
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A satellite image of the main archipelago (Ryukyu Islands and South Kuril Islands not pictured)
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MILT classification 6,852 islands(main islands: 5 islands, remote islands: 6,847 islands)
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in the world with 377,975.24 km (145,937.06 sq mi). It has an
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about 20,000 years ago, thin black line indicates present-day shorelines:
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Japanese archipelago, Sea of Japan and surrounding part of continental
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Hokkaido, Honshu, and Shikoku and its surrounding islands;
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Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
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stretch to the southeast and are administered by the
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36°N 138°E / 36°N 138°E / 36; 138
Japanese
archipelago
14,125 islands
Japan
Sea of Okhotsk
East China
Philippine
Pacific coast
Eurasian
island arcs
Northeastern Japan Arc
Ryukyu Island Arc
Daitō Islands
Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc
Kuril Islands
Nanpō Islands
archipelago
island country
East Asia
fourth-largest island country
exclusive economic zone
mainland Japan
Hokkaido
Honshu
Kyushu
Shikoku
Pacific War
Karafuto Prefecture

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