EA102 EAST ASIAN CIVILIZATION JAPANESE

Lecture Notes             Resources to explore Japan (Updated)          East Asian Civilization

Introduction:  

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2001                                                                                 
Japan: Population: 126,549,976.
Pop. density: 867 per sq. mi.
Capital: Tokyo.
Ethnic groups: Japanese 99.4%.
Principal language: Japanese (official).
Geography: Area: 145,882 sq. mi.
Location: Archipelago off E coast of Asia.
Almanac
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0107666.html
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ja.html

Japan consists of 4 main islands: Honshu (ãmainlandä), 87,805 sq. mi.; Hokkaido, 30,144 sq. mi.; Kyushu, 14,114 sq. mi.; and Shikoku, 7,049 sq. mi. The coast, deeply indented, measures 16,654 mi. The northern islands are a continuation of the Sakhalin Mts. The Kunlun range of China continues into southern islands, the ranges meeting in the Japanese Alps. In a vast transverse fissure crossing Honshu E-W rises a group of volcanoes, mostly extinct or inactive, including 12,388 ft. Mt. Fuji (Fujiyama) near Tokyo.