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This is a list of islands of Japan. The four main islands (from North to South) of Japan are:
Japan has 6,852 islands in total as of 1988, of which 426 are inhabited. This figure may include disputed areas and tidal islands and artificial islands, but all islands are at least 0.1 square kilometres (0.039 sq mi) in size.
These are the four disputed Kuril Islands. See also Kuril Island conflict.
Most of these are located in the East China Sea.
The northern half is administratively part of Kagoshima Prefecture and Kyūshū).
The North-Eastern Group:
The North-Western Group:
The Shichi-tō:
The Southern Half, Okinawa Prefecture
The Central Group or Ryukyu proper:
Also known as the Further Isles:
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