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Even that's not entirely accurate. Japan is larger than the UK. That's England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combined. Japan is actually closer to the
by laumars 11y ago
Even that's not entirely accurate. Japan is larger than the UK. That's England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combined.
Japan is actually closer to the size of Germany - which isn't a large country but certainly isn't small either.
- gozur88 11y agoFrom a food perspective the problem is so much of Japan isn't arable - 11.6% compared to Germany's 34.1%.
- laumars 11y agoWhile that's true, Japan aren't unique in that respect either. For example most of the scandinavian countries have a lower percentage of arable land as well as a smaller land area size. Yet, bar Norway, they've adhered to the whaling ban.
- gozur88 11y agoPopulation-wise, the Scandinavian countries are tiny. The problem in Japan is the combination of a relatively large population and a small amount of arable land. Sweden, Finland, and Norway have 21.7, 16.2, and 15.6 people per square kilometer, respectively. Japan has 335.6. While the Scandinavian countries do have a lower arable land % (5.9, 6.5, 2.7) than Japan (11.6), the ratio of population to arable land is much lower.