Japanese islands

/dʒˌapənˈiːz ˈaɪləndz/

/dʒˌæpənˈiːz ˈaɪləndz/

Japanese islands

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 Archipelago

Examples

1. With some designers, I produce the media for Japanese islands.

2. This was the first attack on the Japanese islands since the Doolittle raid in April 1942.

3. Moderated by the warm South China Sea, Taiwan and the Ryukyu chain of Japanese islands that includes Okinawa experience mild winters while the southern tip of Korea and all of Humid Subtropical Japan get cool winters.

4. In the history laid by the Japan Karate Association, karate, as we know it today, originated in the collection of Japanese islands known as Okinawa roughly 500 years ago, or so it's believed.