3. Nippon -- “Land of the Rising Sun”

4. Japan and the United States

5. Japan’s Topography

6. Bodies of Water Sea of Japan Ishikari R. Korean Straits Pacific Ocean Inland Sea Tone R. Shinano R.

7. Kitani Mts. Kitakami Mts. Mikuni Mts. Chugoku Mts. Kyushu Mts. Mt. Fuji Mountains And Peaks

8. Islands Hokkaido Honshu Shikuku Kyushu Okinawa

9. Countries Russia China N. Korea S. Korea

10. Cities Sapporo Hiroshima Kobe Tokyo Nagasaki Kyoto Yokohama Nagoya Osaka

11. Fast Travel Shinkansen: Bullet Train Bullet Train National Lines

12. Very Mountainous: Little Arable Land

13. Hells Lake Pool in Beppu

14. Mt. Fuji

15. Swift-Moving Rivers: Hydroelectric Power

16. Japan’s Land Area and Utilization

17. Japan by Satellite

18. Mt. Aso -- Active Volcano

19. Japanese Earthquakes: 1961- 1994

20. Ginza Ruins After The Great Kanto Earthquake -- Tokyo, 1923 Over 100,000 dead!

21. Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995 ► 7.2 Richter scale ► 5,500 deaths

22. Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995

23. Tsunamis – Tidal Waves

25. Japan and the United States

26. Different Climates and Seasons in Japan Fall Winter SpringSummer

28. Igawa Town on the Izumo Plain

29. Rice Farmer’s Farmhouse: Okutsu Town, Okayama

30. Terrace Farming of Rice

31. The Japanese Farm the Sea Tokyo Fish Market

33. Natural Resources

34. Raw Materials

35. World Contributions to Global Warming

37. Japan’s Population Density

38. Japan’s Population Trends

39. Population Comparisons

40. Japan’s Population Over 65 versus the United States

41. Japan’s Growing Older Japan’s Age Breakdown Under 15 years15.8% 15 – 59 years63.3% 60 and over years 20.9%

42. SAYONARA