Japan is the third largest economy in the world after the USA and China. The country however, has no natural energy resources and is the world's largest importer of oil, coal and liquefied natural gas. Japan was was badly affected by the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in 2011, there are...
'Macbeth' and 'Hamlet' are known by people from all over the world. Shakespeare's Globe theatre in London is a great place to experience a play or learn about his famous plays.
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Japan is an island country lying off the east coast of Asia. It consists of a string of islands in a northeast-southwest arc that stretches for approximately 1,500 miles (2,400 km) through the western North Pacific Ocean. Tokyo is Japan’s national capit
theNetherlandsfor about 40 years in the early to mid-17th century and was subsequently independent again for about two decades. China gained control there in the late 17th century and ruled Taiwan for some two centuries.JapanacquiredTaiwan in 1895 following the firstSino-Japanese War, and it ...
(North Korea) to the north, the East Sea (Sea of Japan) to the east, theEast China Seato the south, and theYellow Seato the west; to the southeast it is separated from the Japanese island ofTsushimaby theKorea Strait. South Korea makes up about 45 percent of the peninsula’s land ...
tourism had also become a major element of Peru’s economic development. Favourite destinations for international travelers includeMachu Picchu, a site of ancient Inca ruins located about 50 miles (80 km) northwest ofCuzco, and museums housingartifactsexcavated from ancient tombs in northern coastal ...
This volcanic zone, part of the great circum-Pacific ring of seismic activity, continues southeastward through the Kuril Islands chain and into Japan. Southeastern Siberia contains many high mountain ranges and extensive lowland plains. The most prominent mountains are the Badzhalsky Mountains, which...
By rough estimate, about one-third of the total area of China consists of mountains. China has the world’s tallest mountain and the world’s highest and largest plateau, in addition to possessing extensive coastal plains. The five major landforms—mountain, plateau, hill, plain, and basin—...
“On the map, surrounded by its large neighbors, Uruguay seems tiny,” writes contemporary Uruguayan historian and novelist Eduardo Galeano. “But not really. We have five times more land than Holland and five times fewer inhabitants. We have more cultivable land than Japan, and a population ...