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Japan

Japan is a country that consists of four main islands and thousands of smaller ones (Allinson 32). The country’s independence was gained in 660 B.C. (“Japan-General Information” 3). The name “Japan” originated from the Italian name, “Zipangu”, given by Marco Polo (Allinson 32). It has the fifth largest population in the world with more than eighty-nine million people (Yelen 5). Japan’s inhabitants call it “Nippon” or “Nihon”, which means source of the sun (Allinson 32). Japan is a country that reflects culture of both the east and west.
Japan is located in the North Pacific Ocean. Japanese society began when people from parts of Asia migrated to the islands of Japan (35). Many of the ancestors came in waves through the Korean Peninsula, while others may have ventured from islands south of Japan. By 10,000 B.C. people who fished and gathered fruit and plants for food, were on the islands. This early culture was known as “Jomon”, which means c...

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