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Japan ( i / dʒ ə ˈ p æ n / ; Japanese : 日本 Nippon [nip̚põ̞ɴ] or Nihon [nihõ̞ɴ] ; formally 日本国 Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku , "State of Japan") is an island country in East Asia . Located in the Pacific Ocean , it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan , the East China Sea , China , North Korea , South Korea and Russia , stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The kanji that make up Japan's name mean "sun origin", and Japan is often called the "Land of the
Japan is a stratovolcanic archipelago of 6,852 islands . The four largest are Honshu , Hokkaido , Kyushu , and Shikoku , which make up about ninety-seven percent of Japan's land area. Japan's population of 126 million is the world's tenth largest . Approximately 9.1 million people live in Tokyo , the capital city of Japan , which is the sixth largest city proper in the OECD . The Greater Tokyo Area , which includes Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures , is the world's largest metropolitan area with o