Japan

Definition/Scope: Country lying off the east coast of Asia. It consists of a great string of islands in a northeast-southwest arc that stretches for approximately 1,500 miles through the western Pacific Ocean.

Used For:

Nihon
Nippon

Acronym:

JA
JP
JPN

Broader Terms:

Far East
independent states (by name)
Pacific Ocean islands

Narrower Terms:

1st Marine Aircraft Wing
Bonin, Japan
Hokkaido, Japan
Honshu, Japan
Izu, Japan
Kobe, Japan
Kyushu, Japan
Niigata, Japan
Osaka, Japan
Shikoku, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Volcano, Japan

Related Terms:

3rd Marine Logistics Group
Camp Zama
Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Yokosuka
Forward Deployed Naval Force
Hayabusa (space probes)
IMF members
Kadena AB
Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler
Misawa AB
NSGA Misawa
NSGA Yokosuka
OECD members
Sea of Japan
Task Force 72
UN members
US Army Japan