(FOX NEWS) – The number of official islands in Japan is expected to double from 6,852 to 14,125 after the government conducted the first survey since 1987 of its territorial waters, according to Kyodo News.
Japan, a mountainous nation with a land mass of about 146,000 square miles, is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Okhotsk, the Sea of Japan, and the East China Sea.
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The new survey, conducted by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, isn’t expected to increase the country’s territory, but will give officials a more accurate picture of its terrain.
