JAPAN
This island country consists of a string of islands stretching some 1,500 miles in the North Pacific Ocean. The landscape is rugged with more than four-fifths of the land surface consisting of mountains. It includes many active and dormant volcanoes including Mt. Fuji at an elevation of 12, 388 feet, their highest mountain. Abundant precipitation and a generally mild temperatures throughout most of the country have produced a lush vegetation cover and have made it possible to raise a variety of crops. A country possessing an intricate and ancient cultural tradition which has emerged as one of the world’s most economically and technologically advanced societies. A highly educated population , Japan is one of the world’s most literate countries. The differences between old and new is apparent in all phases of Japanese life. Beauty lies everywhere in the landscapes of this country.
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