Japane

I-Japan lilizwe eliyisiqhingi e-East Asia. Isendaweni ye-Pacific Ocean eduze ne-northeast coast ye-Asia mainland, begodu inemngcele ngeTjingalanga ngeLwandle le-Japan begodu isuka eLwandle le-Okhotsk ngetlhagwini ukuya eLwandle le-East China ngeSewula. I-archipelago ye-Japan ineenhlengele ezine ezikulu—i-Hokkaido, i-Honshu, i-Shikoku, ne-Kyushu—kanye neenkulungwana zeenqhingi ezincani, ezihlanganisa amakhilomitha ayi-377,975 (145,937 sq mi). I-Japan inabantu abapheze babe ziingidi ezili-124 ukusukela ngo-2024, begodu yinarha yetjhumi nanye enabantu abanengi. Inhlokodolobha yayo nedorobha elikhulu kunazo zoke yi-Tokyo; i-Greater Tokyo Area yindawo ekulu khulu yedorobha ephasini, enabantu abangaphezu kweengidi ezingama-38 ukusukela ngo-2016. I-Japan ihlukaniswe yaba ziindawo ezima-47 zokuphatha kanye neendawo ezibunane zesintu. Pheze amakota amathathu wendawo yenarha le ineentaba begodu inamahlathi amanengi, igxile kwezokulima kanye nabantu abahlala emadorobheni khulu emathafeni wayo asepumalanga. Inarha le ihlezi e-Pacific Ring of Fire, okwenza bona iinhlenge zayo zibe sengozini yokusikinyeka kwephasi okubhubhisako kanye nama-tsunami.