Japanese Archipelago

Definitions of Japanese Archipelago

noun
a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean

synonyms: Japan, Japanese Islands

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archipelago
a group of many islands in a large body of water

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