Area:
total area: 377,835 sq km
land area: 374,744 sq km
includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima,
Okinotori-shima, Ryukyu Islands(Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands
(Kazan-retto)
Maritime
claims:
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
territorial sea:
12 nm; 3 nm in the international straits - La Perouse or Soya, Tsugaru, Osumi,
and Eastern and Western Channels of the Korea or Tsushima Strait.
Climate:
varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north.
Terrain:
mostly rugged and mountainous.
Natural resources:
negligible mineral resources, fish.