Japonic or Japanese–Ryukyuan, sometimes also Japanic, is a language family comprising Japanese, spoken in the main islands of Japan, and the Ryukyuan languages, spoken in the Ryukyu Islands.The family is universally accepted by linguists, and significant progress has been made in reconstructing the proto-language. The reconstruction implies a split between all …

Dies ist eine Liste Japanischer Inseln, wobei eine Auswahl getroffen wird.Insgesamt besteht Japan aus 6852 Inseln, wobei hier auch Inseln mitgezählt werden, auf die Japan Anspruch erhebt. Lediglich 425 dieser Inseln sind bewohnt, wobei 98 % der Bevölkerung auf den vier Hauptinseln lebt. Als Insel gelten hierbei vollständig vom Wasser umgebene Landflächen, die bei …

Wojna na Pacyfiku: na południe od wyspy Hachijō-jima amerykański okręt podwodny USS „Sand Lance” zatopił japoński krążownik lekki „Tatsuta”, w wyniku czego zginęło 26 członków załogi, a 10 zostało rannych. 1947 – Odbyła się 19. ceremonia wręczenia Oscarów.

Aogashima (青ヶ島) is a volcanic island to the south of Japan in northernmost Micronesia.It is the southernmost and most isolated inhabited island of the Izus, which are politically and administratively part of Japan but geographically not part of the Japanese archipelago.The islands border the northeast Philippine Sea and lie immediately north of the Bonin Islands, which are …

The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) acquired its first submarines during the Russo-Japanese War on 12 December 1904 where they arrived in sections at the Yokohama dockyards. The vessels were purchased from the relatively new American company, Electric Boat, and were fully assembled and ready for combat operations by August 1905. However, hostilities with Russia …

This is a list of airports that All Nippon Airways flies to. Japan

The dialects of the Japanese language fall into two primary clades, Eastern (including Tokyo) and Western (including Kyoto), with the dialects of Kyushu and Hachijō Island often distinguished as additional branches, the latter perhaps the most divergent of all. The Ryukyuan languages of Okinawa Prefecture and the southern islands of Kagoshima Prefecture form a separate branch …

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Kodama (木霊, 木魂 or 木魅) are spirits in Japanese folklore that inhabit trees.The term is also used to denote a tree in which a kodama supposedly resides. The phenomenon known as yamabiko, when sounds make a delayed echoing effect in mountains and valleys, is sometimes attributed to this kind of spirit and may also be referred to as "kodama".

The four main islands of Japan are:. Hokkaido - the northernmost and second largest main island.; Honshu - the largest and most populous island with the capital Tokyo.; Kyushu - the third largest main island and nearest to the Asian continent.; Shikoku - the smallest main island, it is between Honshu and Kyushu.; Hokkaido prefecture. Ōshima; Okushiri Island; Teuri Island