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  1. History of Japan - Wikipedia

    WEB1 day ago · Japan was inhabited by a predominantly hunter-gatherer culture that reached a considerable degree of sedentism and cultural complexity. The name Jōmon, meaning "cord-marked", was first applied …

  2. Geography of Japan - Wikipedia

    WEB1 day ago · Geography of Japan; Continent: Asia: Region: East Asia: Coordinates: Area: Ranked 62nd • Total: 377,973.89 km 2 (145,936.53 sq mi) • Land: 87.93099% • Water: 12.06901%: Coastline: 29,751 km …

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    Humans have occupied Japan for tens of thousands of years, but Japan’s recorded history begins only in the 1st century bce, with mention in Chinese sources. Contact with China and Korea in the early centuries ce brought profound changes to Japan, including the Chinese writing system, Buddhism, and many artistic forms from the continent.
    Japan is located in the northwestern Ring of Fire on multiple tectonic plates. East of the Japanese archipelago are three oceanic trenches. The Japan Trench is created as the oceanic Pacific Plate subducts beneath the continental Okhotsk Plate.
    Naturalized Japanese citizens and native-born Japanese nationals with a multi-ethnic background are all considered to be Japanese in the population census of Japan. Three native Japanese minority groups can be identified. The largest are the hisabetsu buraku or "discriminated communities", also known as the burakumin.
    KANTO, KEIHANSHIN and TOKAI are three largest metropolitan areas which have about 2/3 of total population of Japan. Out of 47 prefectures, 13 are red and 34 are green. The population of Japan has been decreasing since 2011. Only 8 prefectures had increased its population compared to 2010, due to internal migration to large cities.
  4. Demographics of Japan - Wikipedia

  5. Japan | History, Flag, Map, Population, & Facts | Britannica

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  7. Japanese language - Wikipedia

  8. List of cities in Japan - Wikipedia

    WEB6 days ago · This is a list of cities in Japan sorted by prefecture and within prefecture by founding date. The list is also sortable by population, area, density and foundation date. Most large cities in Japan are cities …

  9. Economic history of Japan - Wikipedia

  10. Yokohama - Wikipedia

    WEB3 days ago · Yokohama ( Japanese: 横浜, pronounced [jokohama] ⓘ) is the second-largest city in Japan by population [1] and by area, and the country's most populous municipality. [a] It is the capital and most …

  11. Japanese language | Origin, Family, Alphabets, History, …

    WEBMay 6, 2024 · It is common, however, to divide the 1,200-year history into four or five periods; Old Japanese (up to the 8th century), Late Old Japanese (9th–11th century), Middle Japanese (12th–16th century), …

  12. Japan - World Factbook Glyph