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from: Thomas Simmons
Japan (Japanese: 日本Nippon orNihon, formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, literally "[the] State of Japan"),
is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun". Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. Together, these four islands hold about 97 percent of Japan's land area. Japan has the world's tenth-largest population, with more than 126 million people. Honshū's Greater Tokyo Area, includes the de facto capital city of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures. It is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 30 million residents. Archaeological research indicates that people lived in Japan as early as the Upper Paleolithic period. The first written mention of Japan is found inChinese texts from the 1st century AD. Influence from other nations followed by long periods of isolation has characterized Japan's history. Japan evolved into a cohesive society during the Heian period (8th-11th centuries AD). From the 12th century until 1868, Japan was ruled by successive feudal military dictatorships or shogunates in the name of the Emperor. In the early 17th century, Japan entered into a long period of isolation, which was only ended in 1853 when a United States fleet pressured Japan to open to the West. Nearly two decades of internal conflict and insurrection followed before the Meiji Emperor was restored as head of state in 1868 and the Empire of Japan was proclaimed, with the Emperor enshrined as a divine symbol of the nation.
(em japonês: 日本; transl.: Nihon ou Nippon; oficialmente 日本国, ou Nihon Koku),
é um país insular da Ásia Oriental. Localizado no Oceano Pacífico, a leste do Mar do Japão, da República Popular da China, da Coreia do Norte, da Coreia do Sul e da Rússia, se estendendo do Mar de Okhotsk, no norte, ao Mar da China Oriental eTaiwan, ao sul. Os caracteres que compõem seu nome significam "Origem do Sol", razão pela qual o Japão é às vezes identificado como a "Terra do Sol Nascente". O país é um arquipélago de 6 852 ilhas,7 cujas quatro maiores são Honshu, Hokkaido,Kyushu e Shikoku, representando em conjunto 97% da área terrestre nacional. A maior parte das ilhas é montanhosa, com muitos vulcões como, por exemplo, os Alpes japoneses e oMonte Fuji. O Japão possui a décima maior população do mundo, com cerca de 128 milhões de habitantes. A Região Metropolitana de Tóquio, que inclui a capital de facto de Tóquio e várias prefeituras adjacentes, é a maior área metropolitana do mundo, com mais de 30 milhões de habitantes. Pesquisas arqueológicas indicam que humanos já viviam nas ilhas japonesas no períodoPaleolítico Superior. A primeira menção escrita do Japão começa com uma breve aparição em textos históricos chineses do século I d.C. A influência do resto do mundo seguida por longos períodos de isolamento tem caracterizado a história do país.