These rates are called the effective tax rates, and represent the actual tax rate a household pays on income earned for the tax year. Filer Status The dollar threshold for each tax rate is dependent upon the status of the filer, whether s/he is single, the head of a household, married filing separately, or married filing jointly.
Japan is considered an archipelago because Japan is made up of numerous islands, with 4 main islands making up the most of its surface area. It is not connected to the contineâ¦nt in any way and is completely surrounded by water. Its neighbor Korea would be a peninsula.
GEOGRAPHY. Japan is an archipelago, or string of islands, on the eastern edge of Asia. There are four main islands: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. There are also nearly 4,000 smaller islands! Japan's nearest mainland neighbors are the Siberian region of Russia in the north and Korea and China farther south. Almost four-fifths of Japan is covered with mountains. The Japanese Alps run down the center of the largest island, Honshu.