Island Components
The archipelago consists of 6,852 islands ("island" defined as land more than 100 m in circumference), of which 430 are inhabited. The four main islands, listed from north to south, are as followed:
- Hokkaidō
- Honshū
- Shikoku
- Kyūshū
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