Over six thousand (some artificial), of which less than 500 are inhabited. Here are the names of some of them:
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).
Japan is an archepelago of 6,852 islands total.
Best guess: 3,000 small islands, and 4 large islands.
The answer is 6852 islands.
There are 4 islands that make up Japan. Honshu is the main one.
Japan has 4 major islands. Hokkaido, Shikoku, Hoshuu, and Kyuushuu. Okinawa has a couple islands (Okinawa is one island but many small islands surround it). Some islands do not have a nationality (Korea thinks its theres, while Japan says its under Japanese so it is Japan's), but usually when talking about Japan, only the big 4 islands are named.
There are 4 large islands and 3, 000 small islands. Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku are the 4 main islands.
There are four main islands that make up the main body of Japan: Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku.
Japan has 6852 islands.
100,000,000,000
Japan is an island
Japan is a large island with many little islands around it.
About 6,852