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3 days ago · Japan, island country lying off the east coast of Asia. It consists of a great string of islands in a northeast-southwest arc that stretches for approximately 1,500 miles (2,400 km) through the western North Pacific Ocean.
- History
Japan - Shintoism, Buddhism, Samurai: It is not known when...
- Yayoi, Rice Farming, Shintoism
Japan - Yayoi, Rice Farming, Shintoism: The new Yayoi...
- Cultural Life
Country Facts. Capital, Population, Government... The...
- Hokkaido
Hokkaido, northernmost of the four main islands of Japan. It...
- People
Japan - Ethnicity, Religion, Language: The Japanese people...
- Facts & Stats
In Japan's early modern period, women would blacken their...
- Japan Summary
Japan is one of the world’s principal seagoing nations, with...
- Religion
Japan - Shinto, Buddhism, Animism: The indigenous religion...
- History
3 days ago · Country Facts. Capital, Population, Government... The Japanese long have been intensely aware of and have responded with great curiosity to powerful outside influences, first from the Asian mainland (notably China) and more recently from the Western world.
3 days ago · Japan - Culture, Traditions, Etiquette: Contemporary Japanese society is decidedly urban. Not only do the vast majority of Japanese live in urban settings, but urban culture is transmitted throughout the country by a mass media largely concentrated in Tokyo.
2 days ago · According to the United Nations, the population of Japan was roughly 126.4 million people (as of January 2020), and peaked at 128.5 million people in 2010. It is the 6th-most populous country in Asia, and the 11th-most populous country in the world.
2 days ago · But chief among them is the fact that well over half the population live in just three metropolitan areas: Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. And for a country that is both larger in population (125 million ...
1 day ago · What's behind this? Daniel Moore, an American tour guide living in Nagano, explores his adopted turf to discover the secrets to longevity in one of the country's snowiest regions.
4 days ago · Okinawa's indigenous ethnic group is the Ryukyuan people, who also live in the Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture. Okinawa was ruled by the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1429 and unofficially annexed by Japan after the Invasion of Ryukyu in 1609.
