1. Land and People

3. Fuji-san Mt. Fuji Shinkansen – Bullet train

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

9. 1583- 1598 By Hideyoshi Toyotomi

22. Japan New Zealand Land area Island 377,923 m² 4,000 approx. 268,680 m² 400 approx. Latitude:20-45 degree 34 -48 degree Population Tokyo prefecture Osaka prefecture 127.7 million (2006) 12.6 million 8 million 4.2 million (2007) Life expectancy at birth Male Female (2005) 78.6 85.6 (2005) 77.9 81.9 LanguagesJapanese (Ainu) English Māori NZ Sign Language Statistical Handbook of Japan 2007 (SHJ) New Zealand in Profile: Statistics New Zealand

23.  Land area: 377,923 m²  Latitude: 20-45 degree  Population 127.7 million (2006), Tokyo 12.6 mil, Osaka, 8 mil  Approx. 70% of total land area is mountainous area.  Land area: 268,680 m²  Latitude: 20-45 degree  Population 4.2 million (2007)  Approx. 70% of total land area is mountainous area.

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

25.  Web of Japan  Kids Japan (Web of Japan) http://web-japan.org/index.html