Premise: Japan ( 日本 Nippon [ ɲip̚poɴ ] or Nihon [ ɲihoɴ ] formally 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 . Approximately 9.1 million people live in the city of Tokyo , the capital of Japan .
Hypothesis: Japan is in North America.
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