<P> Japan ( Japanese : 日本 Nippon ( ɲip̚poɴ ) or Nihon ( ɲihoɴ ) ; formally 日本 国 Nippon - koku or Nihon - koku , meaning `` State of Japan '' ) is a sovereign island nation in East Asia . Located in the Pacific Ocean , it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian mainland and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the southwest . </P>
<P> Japan ( Japanese : 日本 Nippon ( ɲip̚poɴ ) or Nihon ( ɲihoɴ ) ; formally 日本 国 Nippon - koku or Nihon - koku , meaning `` State of Japan '' ) is a sovereign island nation in East Asia . Located in the Pacific Ocean , it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian mainland and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the southwest . </P>
where is japan located on a world map
where is japan located on a world map
Pacific Ocean , it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian mainland and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in
Pacific Ocean , it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian mainland and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in