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Country Fact Sheet - Geography
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Area comparative
slightly smaller than California
Area
total: 377,835 sq km land: 374,744 sq km water: 3,091 sq km note: includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto)
Climate
varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
Coastline
29,751 km
Elevation extremes
lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m highest point: Mount Fuji 3,776 m
Environment current issues
air pollution from power plant emissions results in acid rain; acidification of lakes and reservoirs degrading water quality and threatening aquatic life; Japan is one of the largest consumers of fish and tropical timber, contributing to the depletion of these resources in Asia and elsewhere
Environment international agreements
party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
Freshwater withdrawal domestic industrial agricultural
total: 88.43 cu km/yr (20%/18%/62%) per capita: 690 cu m/yr (2000)
Geographic coordinates
36 00 N, 138 00 E
Geography note
strategic location in northeast Asia
Irrigated land
25,920 sq km (2003)
Land boundaries
0 km
Land use
arable land: 11.64% permanent crops: 0.9% other: 87.46% (2005)
Location
Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
Map references
Asia
Maritime claims
territorial sea: 12 nm; between 3 nm and 12 nm in the international straits - La Perouse or Soya, Tsugaru, Osumi, and Eastern and Western Channels of the Korea or Tsushima Strait contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Natural hazards
many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors) every year; tsunamis; typhoons
Natural resources
negligible mineral resources, fish
Terrain
mostly rugged and mountainous
Total renewable water resources
430 cu km (1999)
Source: CIA World Factbook


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