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PAGE PAGE 8 Japan I. Brief Introduction Japan is situated in northeastern Asia between the North Pacific and the Sea of Japan. The area of Japan is 377,873 square kilometers, nearly equivalent to Germany and Switzerland combined or slightly smaller than California. Japan consists of four major islands, surrounded by more than 4,000 smaller islands. The four major islands are Hokkaido(northern island), Honshu (main island), Shikoku (smallest island) and Kyushu (southern island). From north to south Japans islands span 3,500 kilometres. At their closest points, Hokkaido is less than 45 kilome