Japanaccording to the research of 1987accounted for around 6000 islandsbut now other “appeared” 7000 about him Pacific Ocean and that border the Asian country.
Through digital mapping carried out by the Japan Geospatial Information Authority (GSI) It was found that there is a total of 14,125 islands on Japanese territory.
This translates into an increase of more than double the number of 6852 used in official information since a report carried out in 1987 by the Japan Coast Guard.
The report of the cnn network indicated that, despite the incredible discovery, the total area of land owned by that country is not affected, so 377,973 km².
Finally, it was indicated that to carry out the procedure “all natural land areas with a circumference of at least 100 meters were counted” and that this new number “does not include any artificially reclaimed land.”
Source: Ambito
