page_title: Outline of Japan
section_title: Foreign relations of Japan
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Japan / Government and politics of Japan / Foreign relations of Japan
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Japan:
  Japan – an island nation in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean. It lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun". Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku, which together comprise about ninety-seven percent of Japan's land area.
context_section_description: Foreign relations of Japan
  Diplomatic missions of Japan
  Foreign aid institutions of Japan
  Foreign policy of Japan
  Japan's non-nuclear weapons policy
  Whaling in Japan
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