| Official name: |
Japan
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| Capital: |
Tokyo
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| Area: |
total: 377,835 sq km note: includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto) water: 3,091 sq km land: 374,744 sq km
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| Climate: |
varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
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| Location: |
Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
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| Geographic coordinates: |
36 00 N, 138 00 E
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| Comparative Area: |
slightly smaller than California
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| Land boundaries: |
0 km
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| Coastline: |
29,751 km
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| Terrain: |
mostly rugged and mountainous
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m highest point: Mount Fuji 3,776 m
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