Editing Japanese archipelago (section)

{{Short description|Archipelago off the coast of Northeast Asia}}
{{Infobox islands
| name          = Japanese Archipelago
| image_name    = Satellite View of Japan 1999.jpg
| image_caption = A satellite image of the main archipelago (Ryukyu Islands and South Kuril Islands not pictured)
| coordinates   = {{Coord|36|N|138|E|type:isle_region:JP_scale:10000000|display=inline,title}}
| country       = Japan
| area_km2      = 377,975
}}

The {{nihongo|'''Japanese archipelago'''|日本列島|Nippon/Nihon Rettō|{{IPA|ja|ɲip.pon/ɲi.hon ɾeꜜt.toː}}<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典|publisher=NHK Publishing|editor=NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute|date=24 May 2016|lang=ja}}</ref>|lead=yes}} is an [[archipelago]] of [[list of islands of Japan|14,125 islands]] that form the country of [[Japan]].<ref name="recount">{{cite web |title=Recount with digital map leads to doubling of listed Japanese islands |website=Japan Times |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/02/15/national/japanese-islands-recount/ |date=Feb 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230215042328/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/02/15/national/japanese-islands-recount/ |archive-date=Feb 15, 2023}}</ref> It extends over {{cvt|3000|km|mi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Water Supply in Japan |format=website |url=https://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/policy/health/water_supply/1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126130519/https://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/policy/health/water_supply/1.html |archive-date=January 26, 2018 |publisher=Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |access-date=2018-09-26}}</ref> from the [[Sea of Okhotsk]] in the northeast to the [[East China Sea|East China]] and [[Philippine Sea|Philippine]] seas in the southwest along the [[Pacific coast]] of the [[Eurasia]]n continent, and consists of three [[island arc]]s from north to south: the [[Northeastern Japan Arc]], the Southwestern Japan Arc, and the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryukyu Island Arc]]. The [[Daitō Islands]], the [[Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc]], the [[Kuril Islands]], and the [[Nanpō Islands]] neighbor the [[archipelago]].

Japan is the largest [[island country]] in [[East Asia]] and the [[list of island countries|fourth-largest island country]] in the world with {{convert|377,975.24|km²|sqmi|abbr=on}}.<ref name="world-atlas">{{cite web |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-are-the-island-countries-of-the-world.html |title=Island Countries Of The World |publisher=WorldAtlas.com |access-date=2019-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207094959/http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-are-the-island-countries-of-the-world.html | archive-date=2017-12-07}}</ref><ref name="Geospatial Information Authority of Japan 2019">{{cite web |title=令和元年全国都道府県市区町村別面積調（１０月１日時点）, Reiwa 1st year National area of each prefecture municipality (as of October 1) |url=https://www.gsi.go.jp/KOKUJYOHO/MENCHO201910-index.html |publisher=[[Geospatial Information Authority of Japan]] |access-date=2 January 2020 |language=ja |date=26 December 2019 |archive-date=15 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415123703/https://www.gsi.go.jp/KOKUJYOHO/MENCHO201910-index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It has an [[Exclusive economic zone of Japan|exclusive economic zone]] of {{convert|4,470,000|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="kaiho">{{cite web |url=http://www1.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/JODC/ryokai/ryokai_setsuzoku.html |title=日本の領海等概念図 |publisher=海上保安庁海洋情報部| access-date=12 August 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812151410/http://www1.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/JODC/ryokai/ryokai_setsuzoku.html| archive-date=August 12, 2018}}</ref>