few facts about japan
japan is also known as the land of the rising sun the kanji translates to sun origin this is because from a chinese point of view the sun rises from japan japan consists of over 6 800 islands the four largest islands are honshu hokkaido kyushu and shikoku these four islands make up about 97 of japan's land area there are 47 prefectures in japan more than 70 of japan is mountainous mount fuji is the tallest mountain in japan at 3 76 meters there are more than 1 500 earthquakes a year japan has a population of around 126 million people which is less than half of the population of the united states yet the area of japan is just slightly larger than the area of california japan has the third largest economy in the world behind the united states and china japan has the second highest life ex...