🔆 Japan
📍 Why in News?
✅ A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the north coast of Japan.
✅ Japan frequently experiences earthquakes because it lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire.
📍 Political Features
▪️ Japan is an island nation in East Asia, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
▪️ Capital: Tokyo
▪️ It has no land borders.
▪️ Japan is an archipelago of more than 14,000 islands.
✅ Four major islands (North to South):
▪️ Hokkaido
▪️ Honshu
▪️ Shikoku
▪️ Kyushu
📍 Maritime Boundaries
▪️ East – Pacific Ocean
▪️ North – Sea of Okhotsk
▪️ West – Sea of Japan (also called East Sea)
▪️ Southwest – East China Sea
📍 Why is Japan Prone to Earthquakes?
✅ Japan lies at the junction of several tectonic plates:
▪️ Pacific Plate
▪️ Philippine Sea Plate
▪️ Eurasian Plate
▪️ North American Plate
✅ Their interaction makes Japan one of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries.
📍 Geographical Features
▪️ Climate ranges from subarctic in the north to humid subtropical in the south.
✅ Highest Peak:
▪️ Mount Fuji
✅ Major Rivers:
▪️ Shinano River
▪️ Tone River
▪️ Kiso River
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