No non-trivial action has literally zero effect on anything in the universe. How Not to Cherry-Pick the Results of the Oregon Study (Ultrawonkish) Megan McArdle May 12, 2013. We fire when we have to, take a life to save a life, but essentially we're more of a deterrent than anything else.
COUNTRY OVERVIEW. LOCATION AND SIZE. Japan, an island nation in east Asia, is an archipelago (large group of islands) located east of the Korean peninsula. It has an area of 377,835 square kilometers (145,882 square miles), which makes it slightly smaller than the state of California.
Japan also has over 6,000 smaller islands, of which over 430 are inhabited. 1 List of smaller islands of Japan 1.1 Hokkaido prefecture. 1.2 Islands off Honshu in the Sea of Japan. 1.3 Islands in Tokyo Bay (artificial islands) 1.4 Islands in Osaka Bay (artificial islands) 1.5 Islands in Ise Bay. 1.6 Islands in the Pacific Ocean. 1.7 Islands around Kyushu. 1.8 Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shotÅ) 1.8.1 Satsunan Islands 1.8.1.1 Åsumi Islands.