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A. Geographical Setting
a. Location
The country of Japan is the northeastern clump of islands off of Asia’s mainland. The approximate coordinates are 35°N, 136°E. The country has four main islands, Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku, and over 2,000 smaller islands in which all are completely surrounded seas and oceans. These bodies of water include the Sea of Japan, East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and the main surrounding water body, the Pacific Ocean. The distance to fly over the Pacific Ocean from Tokyo, Japan to Denver, Colorado, U.S. is approximately 5,852 miles, which would take about 12 hours to travel. With its land mass equal to about 377,915 square kilometers, the country is slightly smaller than the state of California.
b. Climate
The climate in Japan differs from the U.S. in the fact that has moist, warm, tropical weather during the summer months(June- mid-September), but; in contrast, it can also get heavy clouds, extreme dry-air, snow, rain, and high winds throughout the winter, fall, and spring months (mid-September - May). Most of Japan has had consistent weather conditions throughout the last 18 years. The weather throughout each year since 2000 held mostly rain for about 40 % of the time, snowy weather had an approximate 25% duration, 15% of each year was cloudy, and the remaining approximate 10% was clear weather. Japan has also had a consistent duration of sunshine hours throughout the years as well counting in at about 20% of pure sunshine per year. Japan, as a total, is mostly humid and warm during the summer and freezing during the winter, something that the U.S. can relate to without the humidity.
c. Topography
The topography of Japan is extreme but is amazing. Opposite of the U.S., Japan’s l...
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