Exclusive economic zone of Japan
Japan has the eighth largest Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the world. The total area of Japan is about 377,973.89 km². Japan's EEZ area is vast and the territorial waters (including: the Seto Inland Sea) and EEZ together is about 4.48 million km².
Exclusive economic zone of Japan
The Japanese archipelago consists of about 6,852 islands. The Exclusive Economic Zone of Japan includes:Japan ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on 10 December 1982 and has contributed to three UNCLOS organizations such as the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) and the International Seabed Authority (ISA).