ocr: Japan Individual Nations Japan range of China continues into southern islands, the ranges meeting in the Japanese Alps. In a vasttransverse iissure crossing Honshu E-W rises a group ofvolcanoes, mostly extinct or nactive, including 12,388ft. Fuji-San (Fujiyama) near Tokyo. Capital: Tokyo. Cities (1993 est.): Tokyo 8.1 min.; Osaka 2.6 min.; Yokonama 3.3 mln.; Nagoya 2.2 min.; Sapporo 1.7 min.; Kyoto 1.5 mln.; Kobe 1.5 mln.; FUkuoka 1.3 min.; Kawasaki 1.2 min.; Hiroshima 1.1 min. Government: Type: Parliamentary democracy. Head of state: Emp. Akihito; b Dec. 23,1933;in ofice:Jan. 7,1989. Head of ...
