5. © T. M. Whitmore Today – East Asia Continued Japan  Settlement, history & economy Korea  Environment, settlement, history, & economy Taiwan  Environment, settlement, history, & economy

6. © T. M. Whitmore Last Time Chinese population continued Chinese economic geography Hong Kong Japan

7. © T. M. Whitmore Japan I Settlement and population  About 2.5 x NC in size (~ California) but with 127 m population => very densevery dense  High physiological density High physiological density  Core area of Japan = “Tokaido”Tokaido  Tokyo Age structure — Japan’s low mortality and fertility => rapidly aging population

10. © T. M. Whitmore Japan II Culture and history  Borrowing and adapting from Asian mainland  Very insular as well  Lack of resources for industry => history of conquest and colonization Lack of resources Economic geography  GNP/capita one of world’s highest  Very much relies on imports and exports  Future problems

12. Japanese Empire in WW II

13. © T. M. Whitmore Korea Physical geography  Climate more extreme Climate  S Korea less mountainous than N S Korea  S Korea possesses far better and more farm land

16. © T. M. Whitmore Korean Peninsula Densely settled High physiological densityphysiological density

19. © T. M. Whitmore Korean Settlement and population S Korea  ~ 2/3 size of NC  ~ 48 m; heavily urban  Seoul ~ 12 m => primate city N Korea  ~ same size as NC  ~ 23 m

22. © T. M. Whitmore Korea Cultural historical factors  Independence  Yet conquest & domination Economy  S. Korean economic “miracle”miracle  Unification issues

24. © T. M. Whitmore Taiwan (Formosa) Physical geography  Climate Climate  Topography & plate tectonics Topography

25. © John Wiley & Sons

28. © T. M. Whitmore Taiwan (Formosa) Settlement and populationpopulation  1/4 size of NC but with > 20 m pop  High physiological densityphysiological density History and culture History  Chinese occupation from 1600s  Japanese occupation  Current “Nationalist” government Economics  Another Asian “tiger”  Unification issues