By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

Nippon -- “ Land of the Rising Sun ” Ţ ara Soarelui R ă sare Ţ ara Soarelui R ă sare

Japan ş i Stale Unite ale Americii Observaţi comparaţia intre SUA şi Japonia din punct de vedere a suprafeţei.

Regiunile Japoniei

Japan ’ s Prefectures

Relieful Japoniei

Bodies of Water Sea of Japan Ishikari R. Korean Straits Pacific Ocean Inland Sea Tone R. Shinano R.

Kitani Mts. Kitakami Mts. Mikuni Mts. Chugoku Mts. Kyushu Mts. Mt. Fuji Mountain s And Peaks

Plains Kanto Plain Nobi Plain Ishikari Plain Osaka Plain

Islands Hokkaido Honshu Shikuku Kyushu Okinawa

Countries Russia China N. Korea S. Korea

Cities Sapporo Hiroshima Kobe Tokyo Nagasaki Kyoto Yokohama Nagoya Osaka

Final Map Sea of Japan Ishikari R. Korean Straits Pacific Ocean Inland Sea Tone R. Shinano R. Kitani Mts. Kitakami Mts. Mikuni Mts. Chugoku Mts. Kyushu Mts. Mt. Fuji Kanto Plain Nobi Plain Osaka Plain Ishikari Plain Hokkaido Honshu Shikuku Kyushu Okinawa Russia China N. Korea S. Korea Sapporo Hiroshima Kobe Tokyo Nagasaki Kyoto Yokohama Nagoya Osaka

Fast Travel Throughout Japan Shinkansen: Bullet Train Bullet Train National Lines

Very Mountainous: Little Arable Land

Hells Lake Pool in Beppu

Mt. Fuji

Swift-Moving Rivers: Hydroelectric Power

Japan ’ s Land Area and Utilization

Japan by Satellite

Mt. Aso -- Active Volcano

Shiranesan Caldera

Global Tectonic Plates Japan -- On the “ Fire Rim of the Pacific ”

Japan ’ s Sub-Oceanic Trenches

Japanese Earthquakes:

Ginza Ruins After The Great Kanto Earthquake -- Tokyo, 1923 Over 100,000 dead!

Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995 ► 7.2 Richter scale ► 5,500 deaths

Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995

Tsunamis – Tidal Waves

Japan and the United States

Japan ’ s Oceanic Currents

Average Monthly Precipitation in Three Cities

Precipitation

Average January Temperature

Average July Temperature

Different Climates and Seasons in Japan FallWinter SpringSummer

Igawa Town on the Izumo Plain

Rice Farmer ’ s Farmhouse: Okutsu Town, Okayama Prefecture

Terrace Farming of Rice

The Japanese Farm the Sea Tokyo Fish Market

Natural Resources

Raw Materials

World Contributions to Global Warming

Japan ’ s Population Density

Japan ’ s Population Trends

Population Comparisons

Japan ’ s Population Over 65 versus the United States

Japan ’ s Growing Older Japan’s Age Breakdown Under 15 years15.8% 15 – 59 years63.3% 60 and over years 20.9%

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