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The land is located between approximately 20 to 45 degrees north latitude and between approximately 123 to 154 degrees east longitude. It consists of the main islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and Okinawa, and more than 6,800 smaller islands of various sizes. Its surface area totals 377,976 square kilometers.

According to a 1992 National Land Agency survey on land utilization, 252,100km 2 (66.7% of the national land area) is forests, 52,600km 2 (13.9%)is cultivated fields, and 16,500km 2 (4.4%) is residential areas. The cultivated area is decreasing year by year, though gradually.

Japan: Land. Enter your search terms: Japan proper has four main islands, which are (from north to south) Hokkaido, Honshu (the largest island, where the capital and most major cities are located), Shikoku, and Kyushu. There are also many smaller islands stretched in an arc between the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea and the Pacific proper.

24/02/2021 · Honshu is the main island of Japan, and largest at 810 miles (1,300 km) in length. Dominated by mountains and volcanoes, the massive earthquake of March 2011 moved Honshu 7.9 ft (2.4 m). The second largest, Hokkaido, is also the northernmost of Japan's islands; while on the other end, Kyushu is the most southwesterly.

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