Japan consists of 6,852 islands called a stratovolcanic archipelago.
Wow that is a lot of islands! Do you know which one is the biggest?
There are four that are the largest. They are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The make up 79% of Japans and area.
Oh yes I recognize the names now. What is the largest volcano on the island?
That I am unaware of, Honshu is the largest of all the islands and is the 7th largest island in the world.
Ok gotcha. Being an American, I always think of Hawaii when it comes to volcanoes and earthquakes- but Japan has its share also I guess.
Yes, they do. Japan is closer to Russia than any other country, even closer than Hawaii
Interesting. It would seem to me that they could work as allies if they wanted to at that close proximity. 
One would think, they however became allies with Germany, their relationship started in 1861.
Yes and that was unfortunate. I have always been fascinated with Japanese culture and cuisine.
light batter, as tempura. Apart from rice, staples include noodles, such as soba and udon. Japan also has many simmered dishes such as fish products in broth called oden, or beef in sukiyaki and nikujaga.
Historically influenced by Chinese cuisine, Japanese cuisine has opened up to influence from Western cuisines in the modern era. Dishes inspired by foreign food—in particular Chinese food—like ramen and gyōza, as well as foods like spaghetti, curry, and hamburgers have become adopted with variants for Japanese tastes and
is a stratovolcanic archipelago consisting of about 6,852 islands. The four largest are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku, which make up about ninety-seven percent of Japan's land area and often are referred to as home islands. The country is divided into 47 prefectures in eight regions, with Hokkaido being the northernmost prefecture and Okinawa being the southernmost one. Japan is the 2nd most populous island country. The population of 126 million (2019) is the world's eleventh largest, of which 98.5% are ethnic Japanese