LOCATION

Japan is located in both the northern and eastern hemispheres, in the northeastern part of Asia. It is made up of four larger islands and over 3,000 smaller ones. Japan’s closest neighbors are Korea, Russia and China. Japan lies between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula. No point in Japan is more than 150 kilometers away from the sea. Tokyo, the capital of Japan is found on the east coast of the island of Honshu.