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 * =====The island of Japan is a mostly rugged and mountainous area. Japan is slightly smaller than California in comparison. =====


 * =====The geographic coordinates of Japan are 36 00 N, 138 00 E. =====
 * =====The total area of Japan is: 377,915 sq km =====
 * =====It is the 61st largest country in the world. =====
 * =====The land area of Japan is: 364,485 sq km =====
 * =====The water area of Japan is: 13,430 sq km =====
 * =====<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">These area estimates include the Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto) =====
 * =====<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">The coastline of Japan is 29,751 km =====

<span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; padding-top: 2px; text-align: center;"> The lowest point in Japan is Lake Hachiro-gata which is 4 m below sea level.



<span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; padding-top: 2px; text-align: center;"> The highest point in Japan is Mount <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; padding-top: 2px; text-align: center;"> Fujiyama which is 3,776 m above sea level.



<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">The information on this page was adapted from:

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Central Intelligence Agency. (2010, December 7). East and Southeast Asia: Japan. Retrieved December 2, 2010, from The World Factbook: @https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html