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What i wrote about japan in 1997.....i have no clue who this was
for...its pretty dumb...
Japan is a very interesting country to study. The things I will talk about in this report are Physical Geo. , Climate, history and culture. I hope you will learn something Report. Japan has four main islands, which together make up 98 percent of the total area. They are Hokkaido, in the north; Honshu, the largest and most populous, located in the Center; and the southern islands are separated from the main island of Honshu by the Protected waters of the Inland Sea, which has been Japan's core for over 2,000 years. Whole parts of Japan are more than 3,000 islands and islets, including Lki and Tsushima, located in the narrow Korea Strait; and Sado, located off the northwest coast of Honshu. Okinawa, one of the Ryukyu Islands, an island chain located off the southwest of Kyushu, was overseen by the United States after World War 2 but was restored to Japan in 1972. Located approximately 600 km.
Away in the Pacific Ocean are the Marcus, Bonig, and volcano island groups, which were returned to Japan in 1968. Japan disputes the claim by Russia to some of the Kuril Islands, which stretch Northeastward from Hokkaido and also the claim by Taiwan to the uninhabited Senkaku Islands located 344 KM south West of Okinawa in an area of rich sea floor petroleum deposits. Japan's island are part of a tectonically unstable zone or volcanic activity and continuing mountain building that rims the Pacific Ocean. The Islands of Japan are actually the peaks of other wise submerged mountain ranges. About 50 active volcanoes are known in Japan; every year about 1, 500 minor earthquakes occur. And hot springs and other features of crustal instability are found. Mount Fuji, a not active volcano and Japan's highest mountain, rises to 3,776 meters. Japan's rivers are short, swifts, and shallow. Only 10 are more than 200 Km. long then navigation is limited to short stretches, usually near sea. The longest river, the Shinanogawain west central Honshu, has a total length of only 367-KM. Drainage is mostly toward the Pacific and Inland Sea Coastal regions, because of the central eastword tilt of the Islands. Lakes fill less than 1 percent of the land are only One, Lake Biwa (695 square kilometers) is a main inland feature. Japan's population of 125.5 million is growing at 0.3 percent annually. Although Japan's population is half that of the United States, it resides on less than 5 percent of the total territory of the United States. Japan is therefore one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Nearly 80 percent of all people live in urban areas. About 45 percent are concentrated in three major modern areas: Tokyo, Osaka, and Magoya. Tokyo is the world's most populous city. Japan has a range of climates typical of middle latitudes and similar to that of the east cost of most of North America. Hokkaido and the interior of northeastern Honshu have a humid continental climate, characterized by short, cool summers and long, cold, and often snowy winters. Summers become warmer and longer, and winters becomes shorter and milder toward the sough, were subtropical conditions prevail. Demonstrating this latitudinal change in climate, Supporo, on Hokkaido was a January mean temperature of -6 degrees Celsius and a July temperature of only 14 degrees C. Tokyo averages 3 degrees C in January and 26 degrees C in July and Nagasaki, in the Southwest, averages 6 degrees Celsius in January and 26 degrees C in July.
Wind and rainfall patterns are normally influenced by the monsoon system typical of East Asia. In winter, cold winds blow outward from this Asian continent, reaching Japan from the Northwest and the Sea of Japan; in Summer, warm moist winds are drawn toward the Asia interior, blowing across Japan from the Pacific Ocean. As a result, coasts facing the Pacific get the most precipitation from mid-June to Mid-July, while the northeast coast receives heavy winter precipitation from the north west (50). With some mountain are plus receiving up to 2,540 mm. The Inland Sea area is a little bit drier because surrounding mountain chains protects it. It receives only 1,016 MM to 1,5214 MM. Japan's climate is also strongly influenced by two ocean currents and occasional storms and typhoons. The Japan Current, a warm ocean current, flows north word through the island. It is warm waters moderate winter temperatures along the entire southern coast and to a lesser extent, the southern coastal areas facing the East of Japan. By contrast, the cold Okhotst current originates in polar waters and flows southward along Hokkaido, contributing to the harsh climate of that Island. Typhoons occur from late August to early October; they are accompanied by after devastating high winds and heavy rains, but the storms are also valued because they bring moisture during an other wise dry season. The frost-free period or growing season is 250 days long in the lowlands of southern Kyushu, while it is only 215 days long in the lowlands of Tokyo and in the highlands of Kyushu. It is only 175 days long in coastal Honshu, only 155 days long in the Japan Alps and along the southern coasts of Hokkaido, and only 125 days along the northern coast of Hokkaido. Little more than 100 years ago, Japan was of feudal state living in self-imposed isolation. However, by the beginning of the 20th century it has become a world power.
Spoken Japanese was long considered a unique language but is how known to bear a strong association with ocean. Written Japanese is complex, being got from Chinese. Because the characters, or ideographs, used in written Chinese are inadequate to represent Japanese, parallel Kana were developed during the 9th century. These can effectively copy Japanese but are usually used to increase Chinese characters or to bridge the gap between the two languages. The Kunto dialect, spoken in the Tokyo area, is considered normal spoken Japanese. Buddhism introduced from China in about the 5th century, is followed 75 degrees of the population. Shinto, the ancient, Japanese and Former State Religion, is a parallel faith for most Japanese Bubbhists. Confucianism; introduced during the 4th century, is also strong. About 1 percent of the population is officially listed as Christian, but Christianity may be more important that this encyclopedia suggest. Nearly all the entire population is literate, and education is free and compulsory for all children between the ages of 6 and 15. Education after the age of 15 is a matter of individual choice, but more than 90 percent of all students, male and female, continue to high school, and about one-third of all students attend an school of higher education. The higher-education system includes about 500 universities and graduate schools and more than 600 junior colleges and technical schools. The latter provide a wide range of practical training. Admission to most schools is highly competitive and based on performance in entrance test: the competition to enter a famous university is so severe that a large number of Juku (extra-hour schools) operate to prepare students for the entrance test. Japan has few resources other than its large, well- educated, highly trained labor force. In 1991 it numbered 65,050,000 of whom 33.7 percent workmen in industry, 26.1 percent in trade and finance, 28 percent in services, and 6.6 percent in agriculture and fishing. Until the late 1960's the high birth rates of the 1930's and early post war period ensured a prescient substantial increase in the number of workers. As you can see Japan is a very interesting country. The topics I've talked about are Physical Geog, History, and Culture. If you need any more information go to the library. . Bibliography Collier's Encyclopedia Volume 13 page 452 copyright: 1996 Collier 1996 Grolier Electronic Encyclopedia
Japan is a very interesting country to study. The things I will talk about in this report are Physical Geo. , Climate, history and culture. I hope you will learn something Report. Japan has four main islands, which together make up 98 percent of the total area. They are Hokkaido, in the north; Honshu, the largest and most populous, located in the Center; and the southern islands are separated from the main island of Honshu by the Protected waters of the Inland Sea, which has been Japan's core for over 2,000 years. Whole parts of Japan are more than 3,000 islands and islets, including Lki and Tsushima, located in the narrow Korea Strait; and Sado, located off the northwest coast of Honshu. Okinawa, one of the Ryukyu Islands, an island chain located off the southwest of Kyushu, was overseen by the United States after World War 2 but was restored to Japan in 1972. Located approximately 600 km.
Away in the Pacific Ocean are the Marcus, Bonig, and volcano island groups, which were returned to Japan in 1968. Japan disputes the claim by Russia to some of the Kuril Islands, which stretch Northeastward from Hokkaido and also the claim by Taiwan to the uninhabited Senkaku Islands located 344 KM south West of Okinawa in an area of rich sea floor petroleum deposits. Japan's island are part of a tectonically unstable zone or volcanic activity and continuing mountain building that rims the Pacific Ocean. The Islands of Japan are actually the peaks of other wise submerged mountain ranges. About 50 active volcanoes are known in Japan; every year about 1, 500 minor earthquakes occur. And hot springs and other features of crustal instability are found. Mount Fuji, a not active volcano and Japan's highest mountain, rises to 3,776 meters. Japan's rivers are short, swifts, and shallow. Only 10 are more than 200 Km. long then navigation is limited to short stretches, usually near sea. The longest river, the Shinanogawain west central Honshu, has a total length of only 367-KM. Drainage is mostly toward the Pacific and Inland Sea Coastal regions, because of the central eastword tilt of the Islands. Lakes fill less than 1 percent of the land are only One, Lake Biwa (695 square kilometers) is a main inland feature. Japan's population of 125.5 million is growing at 0.3 percent annually. Although Japan's population is half that of the United States, it resides on less than 5 percent of the total territory of the United States. Japan is therefore one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Nearly 80 percent of all people live in urban areas. About 45 percent are concentrated in three major modern areas: Tokyo, Osaka, and Magoya. Tokyo is the world's most populous city. Japan has a range of climates typical of middle latitudes and similar to that of the east cost of most of North America. Hokkaido and the interior of northeastern Honshu have a humid continental climate, characterized by short, cool summers and long, cold, and often snowy winters. Summers become warmer and longer, and winters becomes shorter and milder toward the sough, were subtropical conditions prevail. Demonstrating this latitudinal change in climate, Supporo, on Hokkaido was a January mean temperature of -6 degrees Celsius and a July temperature of only 14 degrees C. Tokyo averages 3 degrees C in January and 26 degrees C in July and Nagasaki, in the Southwest, averages 6 degrees Celsius in January and 26 degrees C in July.
Wind and rainfall patterns are normally influenced by the monsoon system typical of East Asia. In winter, cold winds blow outward from this Asian continent, reaching Japan from the Northwest and the Sea of Japan; in Summer, warm moist winds are drawn toward the Asia interior, blowing across Japan from the Pacific Ocean. As a result, coasts facing the Pacific get the most precipitation from mid-June to Mid-July, while the northeast coast receives heavy winter precipitation from the north west (50). With some mountain are plus receiving up to 2,540 mm. The Inland Sea area is a little bit drier because surrounding mountain chains protects it. It receives only 1,016 MM to 1,5214 MM. Japan's climate is also strongly influenced by two ocean currents and occasional storms and typhoons. The Japan Current, a warm ocean current, flows north word through the island. It is warm waters moderate winter temperatures along the entire southern coast and to a lesser extent, the southern coastal areas facing the East of Japan. By contrast, the cold Okhotst current originates in polar waters and flows southward along Hokkaido, contributing to the harsh climate of that Island. Typhoons occur from late August to early October; they are accompanied by after devastating high winds and heavy rains, but the storms are also valued because they bring moisture during an other wise dry season. The frost-free period or growing season is 250 days long in the lowlands of southern Kyushu, while it is only 215 days long in the lowlands of Tokyo and in the highlands of Kyushu. It is only 175 days long in coastal Honshu, only 155 days long in the Japan Alps and along the southern coasts of Hokkaido, and only 125 days along the northern coast of Hokkaido. Little more than 100 years ago, Japan was of feudal state living in self-imposed isolation. However, by the beginning of the 20th century it has become a world power.
Spoken Japanese was long considered a unique language but is how known to bear a strong association with ocean. Written Japanese is complex, being got from Chinese. Because the characters, or ideographs, used in written Chinese are inadequate to represent Japanese, parallel Kana were developed during the 9th century. These can effectively copy Japanese but are usually used to increase Chinese characters or to bridge the gap between the two languages. The Kunto dialect, spoken in the Tokyo area, is considered normal spoken Japanese. Buddhism introduced from China in about the 5th century, is followed 75 degrees of the population. Shinto, the ancient, Japanese and Former State Religion, is a parallel faith for most Japanese Bubbhists. Confucianism; introduced during the 4th century, is also strong. About 1 percent of the population is officially listed as Christian, but Christianity may be more important that this encyclopedia suggest. Nearly all the entire population is literate, and education is free and compulsory for all children between the ages of 6 and 15. Education after the age of 15 is a matter of individual choice, but more than 90 percent of all students, male and female, continue to high school, and about one-third of all students attend an school of higher education. The higher-education system includes about 500 universities and graduate schools and more than 600 junior colleges and technical schools. The latter provide a wide range of practical training. Admission to most schools is highly competitive and based on performance in entrance test: the competition to enter a famous university is so severe that a large number of Juku (extra-hour schools) operate to prepare students for the entrance test. Japan has few resources other than its large, well- educated, highly trained labor force. In 1991 it numbered 65,050,000 of whom 33.7 percent workmen in industry, 26.1 percent in trade and finance, 28 percent in services, and 6.6 percent in agriculture and fishing. Until the late 1960's the high birth rates of the 1930's and early post war period ensured a prescient substantial increase in the number of workers. As you can see Japan is a very interesting country. The topics I've talked about are Physical Geog, History, and Culture. If you need any more information go to the library. . Bibliography Collier's Encyclopedia Volume 13 page 452 copyright: 1996 Collier 1996 Grolier Electronic Encyclopedia