Japan

Japan or Raein of Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south.

The kanji that make up Japan's name mean 'sun origin', and it is often called the "Land of the Rising Sun". The stratovolcanic archipelago has five main islands: Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku and Okinawa which make up about 97% percent of Japan's land area. The country is divided into 47 prefectures in eight regions, with Hokkaido being the northernmost prefecture and Okinawa being the southernmost one. The population is approximately 126 million, of which 98.5% are ethnic Japanese. 90.7% of people live in cities, while 9.3% live in the countryside. About 13.8 million people live in Tokyo the capital of Japan. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world with over 38 million people.

At the end og World War 2 Japan was divided in North Japan/Socialist Republic of Japan and South Japan/ Raein of Japan, at the end of world war 3 North Japan was annexed by South Japan.