*Japan

is an Island Country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of China, Korea and Russia, streaching from the sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The characters that make up Japans name literally means " the suns orgin", thus Japan is also sometimes known as the self-indentified "The Land of the Rising Sun" a name that comes from the countrys eastward position relative to main land Asia. Its capital and largest city is Tokyo.At 377,872 square kilometers, Japan is the sixty-second largest country by area. It encompasses over 3,000 islands, the largest of which are Honsho, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. Most of Japans islands are Mountainous, and many are volcanic, including the highest peak, Mount Fuji. It has the worlds 10th largest population, with nearly 128 million people. The Greater Tokyo Area, with over 30 million residents, is the largest Metropolitan are in the world.

*Archaeological

Research indicates that people were living on the islands of Japan begins with breif appearances in Chinesse history texts form the first century AD. Japanesse history has been marked by alternating periods of long isolation and radical influence from the ouside world. Its culture today is a mixture of outside influences and internal developments and internal developments. Some it adopted its constitution on May3, 1947, Japan has maintained a unitary constitutional monarchy with an emperor and an elected Parliament, the Diet, which is one of the oldest legislative bodies is Asia. Japan is an economic world power with the world's second largest economy ( by nominal GDP), world's largest international creditor and id the sixth largest exporter and importer and is a member of the Nations.

*Geography of japan

Japan is a country of Islands wich extends along the Pacific coast of Asia. The main Islands , running from north to souht, are Hokkaido, Honshu ( the main Island ), Shikoku and Kyushu. The Ryukyu Islands, in souht west Japan, lies in a chain between the PRC and Kyushu. In addition, about 3,000 smaller islands may be counted in the full extent of the jappanesse archipelago. Japan also claims the southern Kuril Islands (controlled by Russia) which are located to the north-east of Hokkaido.Japan is the thirteenth most densely populated country in world. About 70% to 80% of the country is forested,mountainous, and suitable for agriculture.