Japan - Geography
Japan - Geography Japan is a small island country in Pacific Ocean. It was formed due to a chain of many volcanic eruptions due to which it broke off from Asia's mainland and forming Japan as we know it today. Even today there are more than 100 active volcanoes in Japan. Japan has a long coastline of almost 29,751 kms, which is longer than China's coastline. They mainly use it for fishing, which is the major food source for the Japanese and also to carry out their export oriented trade. An amazing fact about Japan is that no place in the country is more than 150 kms from the coast. Borders :- Some neighboring countries to Japan are Russia lies to Northwest of Japan and is its nearest neighbor. Sea of Okhotsk lies between Japan and Russia. The Korean Peninsula lies to its west and is separated by Sea of Japan. China lies to southwest of Japan and is separated from Japan by East China Sea. Physical Geography :- The topography of Japan mainly cons...