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This week I will show you some countries as large as Japan with their katakana spellings.

Japan's land area is approximately 378,000 km². It is often said that Japan is a small country. However, the archipelago stretches some 3,500 km from the northernmost end to the southernmost end, which means that climate and scenery vary greatly from region to region. A fact that is not very well known is that Japan is smaller than California in the United States, which has a land area of about 411,000 km².


Doitsu (Germany)
ドイツ
 357,000 km²
Furansu (France)
フランス
547,000 km²
Igirisu (United Kingdom)
イギリス
244,000 km²
Itaria (Italy)
イタリア
301,000 km²
Nyuujiirando (New Zealand)
ニュージーランド
269,000 km²
Betonamu (Viet Nam)
ベトナム
330,000 km²


 

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