Japan is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south.

日本是东亚的一个岛国。它位于西北太平洋，西临日本海，北起鄂霍次克海，南临东海、菲律宾海和台湾。