The population of Japan is 127,253,075 (July 2013 estimate). It is the 10th largest population in the world. Japan has 335 people per square km making it the 40th most densely populated country in the world.

Overview: Japan, a country of islands, extends along the eastern or Pacific coast of Asia. The main islands, running from north to south, are Hokkaido, Honshu or the mainland Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa, which is about 380 miles southwest of Kyushu. About 3,000 smaller islands are included in the archipelago.

24/02/2021 · Key Facts. Flag. The archipelago of Japan contains over 4,000 islands stretching along the Pacific coast of East Asia, with four major islands (sometimes referred to as the "Home Islands"): Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku. These four islands can be seen on the physical map of the country above.

Japan is a shimaguni (island country): The Japanese archipelago (island chain) consists of four main islands--Honsh , Shikoku, Ky sh and Hokkaid --and thousands of smaller surrounding ones (see map 1). It lies off the Pacific coast of the Asian mainland; at the closest point, the main Japanese islands are 120 miles away from the mainland.

Japan is an archipelago, or string of islands, on the eastern edge of Asia. There are four main islands: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. There …