How is The Traffic Analysis Zone abbreviated? TAZ stands for The Traffic Analysis Zone. TAZ is defined as The Traffic Analysis Zone somewhat frequently.
The 4 largest islands by size are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. Japan has 6,848 other islands of varying size and habitation, most very small (under 1 km2). This in â¦ cludes artificial islands in Tokyo Bay and Osaka Bay.
Japan Geography. The archipelago of Japan contains over 4,000 islands stretching along the Pacific coast of East Asia, with four major islands (sometimes referred to as the Home Islands): Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku. Honshu is the main island of Japan, and largest at 810 miles (1,300 km) in length. Dominated by mountains and volcanoes, the massive earthquake of March 2011 moved Honshu 7.9 ft (2.4 m). The second largest, Hokkaido, is also the northernmost of Japan's islands; while on the other end, Kyushu is the most southwesterly.