Continent: Asia Borders: Japan is an island in East Asia, therefore it doesn’t share land borders but maritime borders with China, Philippines, Northern Mariana Islands, Russia, North Korea and South Korea.

Total Size: 377,835 square km

General Terrain: uneven ground, it is characterized by the succession of high mountains and deep valleys, with floodplains near the coastal outlets of the rivers.

Main islands: Hokkaido in the north, Honshu in the center and Kyushu and Shikoku in the south.