INTRODUCING JAPAN

LANDSCAPE AND CuMATE

jAPANESE SOCIETY

JAPAN' S RESOURCES

INDUSTRY AND TRADE

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

URBAN JAPAN

CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE

GLOSSARY

FURTHER INFORMATION

INDEX

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8

10

18

2632

44

46

52

58

59

60The Japanese flog. The Japanese name for Japan isNihon-Koku, which means 'land of the rising sun'.The red disk on the flogrepresents the sun.