Land and People

Fuji-san Mt. Fuji Shinkansen – Bullet train

大阪 OSAKA Osaka literally means Large hill/slope Oldest capital Second city Port town Historically Commercial capital “Tenkano Daidokoro”- gourmet food capital

By Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Japan New Zealand Land area Island 377,923 m² 4,000 approx. 268,680 m² 400 approx. Latitude:20-45 degree degree Population Tokyo prefecture Osaka prefecture million (2006) 12.6 million 8 million 4.2 million (2007) Life expectancy at birth Male Female (2005) (2005) LanguagesJapanese (Ainu) English Māori NZ Sign Language Statistical Handbook of Japan 2007 (SHJ) New Zealand in Profile: Statistics New Zealand

 Land area: 377,923 m²  Latitude: degree  Population million (2006), Tokyo 12.6 mil, Osaka, 8 mil  Approx. 70% of total land area is mountainous area.  Land area: 268,680 m²  Latitude: degree  Population 4.2 million (2007)  Approx. 70% of total land area is mountainous area.

 Surrounded by the sea,  Mountainous,  Volcanic,  have fault line close to or on its land - earthquake

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