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Recount: Japan’s Recorded Number of Islands Doubles After Digital Mapping
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*Officially, Japan has 6,852 islands surrounding its mainland*. That 
number was determined in 1987 by the country’s coast guard, using paper 
maps to tally any land masses with a circumference over 100 meters. And 
though islands are frequently in flux, particularly in an area with 
significant volcanic activity, it turns out that the long-used figure is 
way off.

The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan upgraded from the paper 
method and recently conducted a digital mapping survey, *finding that 
there are actually a total of 14,125 islands — 7,273 more than the 
previous recording*. The government is expected to announce the news in 
March, Kyodo News 
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reports, but it is unlikely to alter the size of Japan’s territory or 
territorial waters. It will mainly affect educational materials and 
other official documents, per the outlet.

The recount came at the urging of lawmakers, one of whom said in a 2021 
parliamentary session that “an accurate understanding of the number of 
islands is *an important administrative matter that is related to the 
national interest*.”

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/02/ec990ad3ceae-recount-with-digital-map-leads-to-doubling-of-listed-japanese-islands.html

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