Japanese archipelago

/dʒˌapənˈiːz ˌɑːkɪpɪlˈeɪɡəʊ/

/dʒˌæpənˈiːz ˌɑːɹkɪpɪlˈeɪɡoʊ/

a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean

synonyms : Japan

Japanese Islands

japanese archipelago definition and meaning

Examples

1. The Japanese archipelago has been ruled by an emperor for thousands of years, but since roughly the first millennium, real power belonged to a military leader known as the Shogun.

2. Trying to ship large amounts of troops - even just enough to match the local population - from anywhere in Europe over to the Japanese archipelago would not have been easy if even possible, and there wasn’t enough incentive.