Japan [In Japanese: Nihon-Koku or Nippon-Koku] is an island nation situated on the Pacific Ocean, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk to the East China Sea. Its composed of over 3,000 islands as well as 47 Perfectures. Tokyo with land area of 2,102 sqkm is the capital of Japan. Despite it is the largest metropolitan area in the world. It comprises four main islands namely from the largest of which are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. Most of Japan's islands are mountainous and many are volcanic; the highest peak is Mount Fuji.
The official language that spoken is Japanese (The written Japanese language uses a combination of three writing systems which are Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana.) By the way, three main religions in Japan are Shinto, Buddhism, and Christianity.
Japan is the world's leading industrialized countries as of today and it is one of the oldest legislatures in Asia.
Japan's name in the kanji writing system is often translated as "Land of the Rising Sun", and comes from the country's location on the east coast of Asia.
