The country of japan consists of a few islands that were formed millions of years ago by volcanic activity many small islands that are the peaks of an underwater mountain range three large islands that lie off the coast of east asia a peninsula that extends along the rim of the pacific ocean

a few islands that were formed millions of years ago by volcanic activity

Japan is an island nation, it is a stratovolcanic archipelago composed of about 1,042 islands, and more than 2,000 islets that extend along the east Asian coast of the Pacific Ocean.

 This country is located in one of the geologically most unstable and complex areas of the Earth: the Pacific Ring of Fire, therefore it is a highly seismic zone.

its many islands, high mountains, and remote peninsulas isolated population centers.

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