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Japan has the world tenth-largest population, with over 127 million people as its mentioned in Japan on world map. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the de facto capital city of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures, is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 30 million residents.

A major economic power, Japan has the world third-largest economy by nominal GDP and fourth-largest economy by purchasing power parity as its shown in Japan on world map. It is also the world fourth-largest exporter and fourth-largest importer. Although Japan has officially renounced its right to declare war, it maintains a modern military force in self-defense and peacekeeping roles.

After Singapore, Japan has the lowest homicide rate ( including attempted homicide) in the world. According to both UN and WHO estimates, Japan has the longest life expectancy of any country in the world (see Japan on world map). According to the UN, Japan has the third lowest infant mortality rate.

Map of Japan and surrounding countries shows all countries around Japan. This Japan map and bordering countries will allow you to know neighboring countries and the geographical location of Japan in Asia. The Japan map and surrounding countries is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

Japan as you can see in the map of Japan and surrounding countries is bounded to the west by the Sea of Japan (East Sea), which separates it from the eastern shores of South and North Korea and southeastern Siberia (Russia); to the north by La Perouse (Sōya) Strait, separating it from Russian-held Sakhalin Island, and by the Sea of Okhotsk; to the northeast by the southern Kuril Islands (since World War II under Soviet and then Russian administration); to the east and south by the Pacific; and to the southwest by the East China Sea, which separates it from China. The island of Tsushima lies between northwestern Kyushu and southeastern South Korea and defines the Korea Strait on the Korean side and the Tsushima Strait on the Japanese side.

Japan is engaged in several territorial disputes with its surrounding countries: with Russia over the South Kuril Islands, with South Korea over the Liancourt Rocks, with China and Taiwan over the Senkaku Islands, and with China over the EEZ around Okinotorishima as its mentioned in the map of Japan and surrounding countries. Japan also faces an ongoing dispute with North Korea over the latter abduction of Japanese citizens and its nuclear weapons and missile program (see also Six-party talks).

The Sea of Japan separates Korea from both Japan and Russia. China as one of the surrounding countries of Japan may not have fought militarily since the 1940s, but they have never stopped battling over the past (see the map of Japan and surrounding countries). In the latest scuffle, protests directed at Japan revisionist textbooks are roiling Beijing and other Chinese cities.

Map of Japan in Asia shows the location of Japan in the Asia continent. Japan map Asia will allow you to easily know where is Japan in Asia and to know countries near. The Japan in the Asia map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

Japan (Japanese: 日本 Nihon or Nippon; formally 日本国 About this sound Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku, literally the State of Japan) is an island nation in East Asia as its shown in Japan map Asia. Japan is a member of the G8, APEC, and "ASEAN Plus Three", and is a participant in the East Asia Summit. Japan signed a security pact with Australia in March 2007 and with India in October 2008.

During the Meiji period from 1868, Japan expanded economically with the embrace of the market economy. Many of today enterprises were founded at the time, and Japan emerged as the most developed nation in Asia as its mentioned in Japan map Asia. The Tokyo Stock Exchange, is the largest stock exchange in Asia.

Since the establishment of the Japan Professional Football League in 1992, association football has also gained a wide following. Japan was a venue of the Intercontinental Cup from 1981 to 2004 and co-hosted the 2002 FIFA World Cup with South Korea as you can see in Japan map Asia. Japan has one of the most successful football teams in Asia, winning the Asian Cup four times.