Total Area: 377,915 sq. km
Land Area: 364,485 sq. km Water Area: 13,430 sq. km Climate: It varies from tropical in the south to cool, temperate in the north. Terrain: It is mostly rugged and mountainous. Arable Land: 11.26% Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.81% Irrigated Land: 25,000 sq km (2010) Total Renewable Water Resources: 430 cu km (2011) Total Freshwater Withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) Total: 90.04 cu km/yr (20%/18%/62%) Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 714.3 cu m/yr (2007) Natural hazards: many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors but occasional severe earthquakes) every year; tsunamis; typhoons; volcanism: both Unzen (elev. 1,500 m) and Sakura-jima (elev. 1,117 m), which lies near the densely populated city of Kagoshima, have been deemed Decade Volcanoes by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to their explosive history and close proximity to human populations; other notable historically active volcanoes include Asama, Honshu Island's most active volcano, Aso, Bandai, Fuji, Iwo-Jima, Kikai, Kirishima, Komaga-take, Oshima, Suwanosejima, Tokachi, Yake-dake, and Usu Environmental Current Issues: air pollution from power plant emissions results in acid rain; acidification of lakes and reservoirs degrading water quality and threatening aquatic life; Japan is one of the largest consumers of fish and tropical timber, contributing to the depletion of these resources in Asia and elsewhere Labor Force: 65.55 million (2012 est.) Labor Force - Agriculture: 3.9% Agriculture - Products: rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit; pork, poultry, dairy products, eggs; fish |
Japanese Rice Mural of Inkadate and Yonezawa
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Japanese fruit, Akebi
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