Japan Isn’t As Small As It May Appear
Japan appears to be a little island country on modern maps employing the Mercator’s Projection, and it appears to fit inside most other countries. With 145,914 square miles of territory, the country is actually rather big. By placing Japan adjacent to the east coast of America, this map puts its enormity into perspective.
Japan could house a huge portion of the United States’ population. This isn’t surprising given the country’s population of 126.5 million people, or nearly one-third of America’s total.