Editing Japanese archipelago (section)

== Palaeogeography ==
{{main|Geology of Japan}}
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|title=Changes of land-forms of Japan over time
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|File:Sea of Japan Early Miocene map.svg
 |Japanese archipelago, Sea of Japan and surrounding part of continental [[East Asia]] in [[Early Miocene]] (23–18 Ma)
|File:Sea of Japan Pliocene map.svg
 |Japanese archipelago, Sea of Japan and surrounding part of continental [[East Asia]] in [[Middle Pliocene]] to [[Late Pliocene]] (3.5–2 Ma)
|File:Japan glaciation.gif
 |Japanese archipelago at the [[Last Glacial Maximum]] about 20,000 years ago, thin black line indicates present-day shorelines:
{{legend|#fbad5d|Vegetated land}}
{{legend|white|Unvegetated land}}
{{legend|#acfefc|Ocean}}
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