Atlas of Japan

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Japan
日本
日本語 日本 - 日本国[1]

日本国 （にっぽんこく・にほんこく）、通称日本はユーラシア大陸、東アジアの朝鮮半島東端から日本海を経て太平洋に面する日本列島を主要な領土とする島国。

English Japan - Japan

Japan is an island country comprising a stratovolcanic archipelago over 3,000 km (1,900 mi) long in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of ► China, ► North Korea, ► South Korea and ► Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south. To the south lie ► Taiwan and the ► Philippines and to the east the ► Northern Mariana Islands, all three share maritime borders with Japan. The characters that make up Japan's name literally mean "sun-origin," thus Japan is identified as the "Land of the Rising Sun," derived from the country's eastward position relative to the Asian continent.

Short name  Japan
Official name Japan
Status February 11, 660 BC (National Foundation Day)
Location East Asia
Capital 東京 (Tokyo)
Population 125,930,000 inhabitants
Area 377,975.24[2] square kilometres (145,937.06 sq mi)
Major languages Japanese (official)
Major religions Shintoism and Buddhism
More information Japan, Geography of Japan, History of Japan and Politics of Japan
More images Japan - Japan (Category).

General maps

English: Map of Japan
עברית : מפת יפן
Map of Japan (in French)
English: Map of Japan
עברית : מפת טופוגרפית של יפן
English: Regions and Prefectures of Japan
עברית : אזורים ומחוזות ביפן
English: Regions of Japan
עברית : אזורים ביפן
English: Prefectures of Japan
עברית : מחוזות ביפן
English: Administrative divisions of Japan
עברית : חלוקה מנהלית של יפן
English: Districts of Japan
עברית : נפות יפן
Wards of Japan
Major cities and towns of Japan
English: Cities of Japan
עברית : ערי יפן
The ocean currents surrounding the Japanese archipelago
A Köppen climate classification map of Japan
Tectonic map of Japan (French)
Sea of Japan
Tsushima Strait
Ryūkyū Islands
Ryukyu Islands
Nanpō Islands
Izu Islands
Map of the Satsunan Islands of Kagoshima, Japan
Exclusive economic zone of Japan
Exclusive economic zone of Japan (Japanese map)

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Exclusive economic zone of Japan (English map)

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Kuril Islands dispute
Northern Territories of the Kuril Islands
Kuril Islands

Prefectures

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Japan, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Japan.

Map of Ancient Japanese Provinces
Gokishichido Map (Five provinces and seven circuits)
Japan in 1183, Genpei War
Japan in 1570, Sengoku Jidai
Japan in late 16th century, Azuchi–Momoyama period
Boshin War (1868-1869)
First Chinese Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
Empire of Japan
Empire of Japan and its occupied territories
Map of the Japanese Empire (1870-1942)
Second World War 1937-1942
Second World War 1942-1945
Proposed division in occupation zones

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

Japan in Provinces in the time of Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1651)
"Iaponia", map of Japan by Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594)
Japan in 1602 by Matteo Ricci (oldest known map of this region)
17th century map of Japan by Francois Caron
18th century map of Japan
Map by Englebert Keampfer
Japan in 1707. Thought to be by Pieter van der Aa.
Emmanuel Bowen: A New & Accurate Map of The Empire of Japan (1744)
Kai Ichiran Zu map of Japan in 1806
Japan and Korea in 1815
Japan in 1821
Japan in 1855
Japan in 1900
Japan in 1911
Empire of Japan detailed topographic map, 1918

Satellite maps

Satellite map (2003)
Satellite map (1999)
Japanese archipelago with outlined islands (2004)
A relief map of the land and the seabed of Japan (2009)
Extreme points of Japan (2009)

Notes and references

General remarks:

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  • The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
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  1. ↑ Romanization: Nihon - Nihon-koku.
  2. ↑ 令和元年全国都道府県市区町村別面積調（１０月１日時点）, Reiwa 1st year National area of each prefecture municipality (as of October 1) (Japanese). Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (26 December 2019). Archived from the original on 2020-04-15. Retrieved on 2 January 2020.

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References

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