World Atlas 2010 (4th edition)

112

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4

E

D

B

A

C

SOUTH & EAST ASIA

Japan

134

110

97

97

Sea of Japan

(East Sea)

Sea of

Okhotsk

L

a^

P

er

ou

se

S

tr

ai

t

Hokkaid

ó

Honsh

ú

OstrovIturup

Ostrov

Kunashir

Okushiri-t

Rebun-t ó

ó

Rishiri-t

ó

Sado

OstrovShikotan

Shinano-gawa

Liancourt Rocks(under SouthKorean control)

OstrovSakhalin

JAPAN

CHINA

R

U

S

S

AI

N

F

DE

RE

A

IT

O

N

RON

HT

K

O

R

AE

Sapporo

Sendai

Kanazawa

Aomori Akita

Fukushima

Hachinohe

Hakodate

Hitachi

Iwaki

K

ó

riyama

Mito

Niigata Nagano

Abashiri

Kushiro

Nemuro

Otaru

Tomakomai

Wakkanai

Obihiro

Kitami

Morioka

Asahikawa

Toyama

Kurile Islands

(administered by theRussian Federation,

claimed by Japan)

At 33.4 miles (53.8 km), 14.3 miles (23.3 km)of which lie under the Tsugaru Strait, the SeikanTunnel is currently the longest tunnel in theworld. Construction began in 1964 and took24 years to complete.

The Toyota Motor Corporation was first established in1937 as a spin-off from Toyoda Automatic LoomWorks. The company now produces 8.5 millioncars a year, equivalent to one every 3.7 seconds.