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Over six thousand (some artificial), of which less than 500 are inhabited. Here are the names of some of them:

  • Agunijima
  • Akajima
  • Akusekijima
  • Amakusa
  • Amami Ōshima
  • Aogashima
  • Aoshima
  • Aragusuku
  • Awaji
  • Bentenjima in Lake Hamana
  • Bentenjima in Lake Toya
  • Chichi
  • Chūbu Centrair International Airport
  • Chūbu Centrair International Airport (artificial island)
  • Daikon-island
  • Dejima
  • Dream Island (Yume No Shima)
  • Enoshima
  • Etajima
  • Gajajima
  • Gerumajima
  • Habomai Islands
  • Hachijō
  • Haha
  • Hakkeijima
  • Hashima
  • Hateruma
  • Hatoma
  • Heiwa Island
  • Higashi Ogijima
  • Hirado
  • Iejima
  • Iheyajima
  • Ikema
  • Iki
  • Inujima
  • Irabu Island
  • Iriomote
  • Ishigaki
  • Island City, Fukuoka (artificial)
  • Itsukushima (popularly known as "Miyajima")
  • Iturup
  • Iwo
  • Iwo Tori Shima (Iōtorishima)
  • Izenajima
  • Izu Ōshima
  • Iōjima
  • Jonan Island
  • Kakeromajima
  • Kami-shima
  • Kamome Island
  • Kansai International Airport
  • Kashiko Island
  • Katsushima
  • Keihin Island
  • Kikaijima
  • Kita daitō
  • Kita Kojima
  • Kitagi Island
  • Ko Island (Oshima)
  • Kobe Airport
  • Kobi Island
  • Kodakarajima
  • Kohama
  • Koshiki
  • Kozukumi Island
  • Kuba Jima
  • Kuchinoerabujima
  • Kuchinoshima
  • Kumejima
  • Kunashir
  • Kurima
  • Kuroshima
  • Kōzu
  • Liancourt Rocks
  • Mageshima
  • Maishima
  • Malimpia Okinosu (artificial)
  • Manabe Island
  • Midori No Shima, off Hakodate (artificial)
  • Mikimoto Pearl Island
  • Mikura-jima
  • Mimami daitō
  • Minami Ashiyahama
  • Minami Kojima
  • Minami Torishima (Marcus Island)
  • Minna
  • Mitsukejima
  • Miyake
  • Miyako-jima
  • Mushima Island (Okayama)
  • Nakanoshima (Kagoshima)
  • New Kitakyushu Airport
  • Nii-jima
  • Nishinomiyahama
  • Obishi Island
  • Odaiba
  • Ogami
  • Oki
  • Oki daitō
  • Okino Torishima (Parece Vela)
  • Okinoerabujima
  • Okushiri Island
  • Oogishima
  • Port Island
  • Rebun Island
  • Rishiri Island
  • Rokko Island
  • Sado
  • Sakishima
  • Sarushima (natural)
  • Shikine
  • Shikotan
  • Shimoji
  • Shiraishi Island
  • Showa Island
  • Shōdoshima
  • Shōwa Iōjima
  • Suwanosejima
  • Suō-Ōshima, Yamaguchi
  • Tairajima
  • Taisho Jima
  • Takarajima
  • Takashima Island (Okayama)
  • Takeshima
  • Taketomi
  • Tanegashima
  • Tarama
  • Teuri Island
  • Todo Island
  • Tokashikijima
  • Tokunoshima
  • Tokyo International Airport
  • Tori Shima
  • Toshima
  • Tsushima
  • Udonejima
  • Ukeshima
  • Uotsurijima
  • Wakaejima (artificial)
  • Wakasu
  • Wakayama Marina City
  • Yagishiri Island
  • Yakushima
  • Yonaguni
  • Yoronjima
  • Yoroshima
  • Yubujima
  • Yumeshima
  • Zamamijima
  • Ōshima
  • Ōzukumi-jima
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17y ago

Besides the four main islands, Japan has about 3,000 small islands.

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15y ago

Between 1300 and 1700, depending on whether you include small rocks and inlets and also who you believes have the sovreignty of the Kuril Islands (whether Russia or Japan).

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The archipelago consists of 6,852 islands ("island" defined as land more than 100 m in circumference), of which 430 are inhabited.

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Japan is an archipelago of 6852 islands.

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