Japan ( 日本 ) , Nihon or Nippon as what its citizens call their country, is a archipelagic country composed of more than 6800 islands. It is located in East Asia, lying to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North and South Korea and Russia. It's very name "Nihon or Nippon" means "origin of the sun" which is why it is also called as the"Land of the Rising Sun".
Japan has four main islands - Honshu, Hokkaido , Kyushu and Shikoku which makes about 97% of the country's land mass. Most of the country is mountainous, making most of its citizens live in coastal areas. Tokyo , the capital, is the largest metropolitan area in the world with over 30 million residents, a quarter of the whole population of Japan. With about 130 million citizens, it has the tenth-largest population in the world.
A major economic power and the only Asian country member of G8, Japan has the worlds second largest economy by nominal GDP and third largest in purchasing power parity ( PPP ) . Now, Japan is very famous in their booming electronics industry and anime/manga.
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