What is Japan's second-largest island
Geography of Japan Geography of Japan Japan is an island nation comprising a stratovolcanic archipelago over along East Asia's Pacific coast. It consists of 6,852 islands. The main islands are Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku and Hokkaido. The Ryukyu Islands and Nanpō Islands are south of the main islands. The territory extends . It is the largest island country in East Asia and fourth largest island country in the world. Japan has the sixth longest coastline and the eight largest Exclusive Economic Zone of in the world. The terrain is mostly rugged and mountainous with 66% forest. The population is clustered in urban areas on
Geography of Japan world with people (2016). The area is and has a population density of . is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of the four main islands. , Kyushu has a population of 12,970,479 and covers . It has the second highest population density of (2016). is the smallest of the four main islands, . It is located south of Honshu and north east of Kyushu. It has the smallest population of 3,845,534 million (2015) and the third highest population density of . is the second largest island of Japan, and the largest and northernmost prefecture. The Tsugaru