1. By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
The
Geography
of Japan
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By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

2. Topography
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3. Nippon -- “Land of the Rising Sun”
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4. Japan and the United States
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5. Japan’s Regions
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6. Japan’s Prefectures
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7. Japan’s Topography
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8. Bodies of Water Ishikari R. Sea of Japan Shinano R. Tone R.
Korean Straits
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Pacific Ocean
Inland Sea

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

10. Plains Ishikari Plain Kanto Plain Nobi Plain Osaka Plain
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Nobi Plain
Osaka Plain

11. Islands Hokkaido Honshu Shikuku Kyushu Okinawa
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Shikuku
Kyushu
Okinawa

12. Countries Russia China N. Korea S. Korea
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13. Cities Sapporo Kyoto Tokyo Kobe Yokohama Hiroshima Nagoya Osaka
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Hiroshima
Nagoya
Osaka
Nagasaki

14. Final Map Russia Kitani Mts. Ishikari R. China Hokkaido Sapporo
N. Korea
Ishikari Plain
Sea of Japan
Kitakami Mts.
Honshu
S. Korea
Shinano R.
Kanto Plain
Tone R.
Kyoto
Mikuni Mts.
Korean Straits
Tokyo
Kobe
Chugoku Mts.
Yokohama
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Hiroshima
Nagoya
Mt. Fuji
Kyushu Mts.
Osaka
Pacific Ocean
Shikuku
Nobi Plain
Osaka Plain
Nagasaki
Inland Sea
Kyushu
Okinawa

15. Fast Travel Throughout Japan
Shinkansen: Bullet Train
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Bullet Train National Lines

16. Very Mountainous: Little Arable Land
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17. Hells Lake Pool in Beppu
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18. Mt. Fuji
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19. Swift-Moving Rivers: Hydroelectric Power
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20. Japan’s Land Area and Utilization
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21. Japan by Satellite
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22. Mt. Aso -- Active Volcano
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23. Shiranesan Caldera
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24. Global Tectonic Plates Japan -- On the “Fire Rim of the Pacific”
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25. Japan’s Sub-Oceanic Trenches
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26. Japanese Earthquakes: 1961-1994
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27. Ginza Ruins After The Great Kanto Earthquake -- Tokyo, 1923
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Over 100,000 dead!

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

29. Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995
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30. Tsunamis – Tidal Waves
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31. Climate
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32. Japan and the United States
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33. Japan’s Oceanic Currents
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34. Average Monthly Precipitation in Three Cities
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35. Precipitation
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36. Average January Temperature
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37. Average July Temperature
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38. Different Climates and Seasons in Japan
Spring
Summer
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Fall
Winter

39. Vegetation
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40. Igawa Town on the Izumo Plain
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41. Rice Farmer’s Farmhouse: Okutsu Town, Okayama Prefecture
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42. Terrace Farming of Rice
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43. The Japanese Farm the Sea
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Tokyo Fish Market

44. Raw Materials and Resources
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45. Natural Resources
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46. Raw Materials
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47. World Contributions to Global Warming
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48. Demographics
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49. Japan’s Population Density
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50. Japan’s Population Trends
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51. Population Comparisons
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52. Japan’s Population Over 65 versus the United States
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53. Japan’s Growing Older Japan’s Age Breakdown Under 15 years 15.8%
63.3%
60 and over years
20.9%
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54. SAYONARA
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