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This is a timeline of Japanese history, comprising important legal, territorial and cultural changes and political events in Japan and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Japan .
The Pacific coastline north of Tokyo, the coast of Hokkaidō, and the Sea of Japan coast are generally unindented, with few natural harbors. [27] A recent global remote sensing analysis suggested that there were 765 km 2 of tidal flats in Japan, making it the 35th-ranked country in terms of tidal flat extent. [36]
Japan – an island nation in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean. ... Coastline: 29,751 km (18,486 mi) Population of Japan: 125,950,000 people ...
Japan has the highest ratio of public debt to GDP among advanced economies, [173] with a national debt estimated at 248% relative to GDP as of 2022. [174] The Japanese yen is the world's third-largest reserve currency after the US dollar and the euro. [175] Japan was the world's fifth-largest exporter and fourth-largest importer in 2022.
[1] [2] Japan is the third-largest island country in the world, behind Indonesia and Madagascar. [3] Japan is also the second-most-populous island country in the world, only behind Indonesia. According to a survey conducted by the Japan Coast Guard in 1987, the number of islands in Japan was 6,852. At that time, the survey only counted islands ...
Around 23 million years ago, western Japan was a coastal region of the Eurasia continent. The subducting plates, being deeper than the Eurasian plate, pulled parts of Japan which become modern Chūgoku region and Kyushu eastward, opening the Sea of Japan (simultaneously with the Sea of Okhotsk) around 15–20 million years ago, with likely freshwater lake state before the sea has rushed in. [4 ...
Pages in category "Coasts of Japan" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M. Meoto Iwa; Miura Coast; S.
Timeline of Japan–United States relations This page was last edited on 29 March 2024, at 20:27 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...