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| Japan | capital, Tokyo |
| major cities | Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo |
| major religions | Shinto, Buddhism, Christianity |
| major language | Japanese |
| 4 large islands make up Japan | Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| Korea Strait | separates South Korea from Japan |
| Sea of Japan | separates Japan from North Korea, China and Russia |
| Pacific Ocean is east of | Japan |
| shogun | a powerful Japanese military leader |
| crater | the bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano |
| harmony | the ability to work together and blend in |
| manual labor | physical work that requires little skill |
| Shinto | a Japanese religion in which followers worship spirits in nature |
| export economy | an economy in which a country depends on exports for growth |
| robotics | using robots or machines to do factory work |
| Japan | a nation of islands |
| smaller islands | the Ryukyu Islands |
| Tokugawa | united all of Japan |
| mountains | cover 80% of Japan |
| a Japanese meal | fish and rice |
| Japanese islands formed by | volcanoes |
| tsunami | huge ocean waves |
| Japanese language uses writing system from | China |
| Buddhism religion | came to Japan from China |
| Chinese values | orderly society |
| Ainu | original people of Japan |
| Koreans | largest non-Japanese group living in Japan |
| Japan's biggest problem | aging population |
| urbanization | second biggest problem for Japan |
| Japan's world leader | in technology |
| Japan's economy | strong because workforce is large, hardworking and skilled |
| Japan's environmental problems | air and water pollution and too much garbage |
| Japan leads the world | in recycling |
| Japan depends | on nuclear power |
| United States' economy | is larger than Japan |
| less than 2% of the Japanese workers are | farmers |
| Japan's biggest export | cars |
| 68% of Japanese workers have | jobs in service industries |
| Japanese schools | among the best in the world |
| futon | a light weigh mattress used in Japanese homes |
| tatami | mats on the floor in Japanese homes |
