The total land space of the Japanese islands is about 142,000 square miles<span>. As you can see from map 2 and map 3, it is a very small country when compared with the vast Asian mainland, or with the United States, where it is smaller than the single, although large, state of California.</span>
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The region has rich deposits of minerals.
This scarcity may be due to bad quality of water. Lately, there has been a growing concern that even if there is ample water to meet the needs of people, much of it may be polluted by domestic and industrial wastes, chemicals,pesticides and fertilisers used in agriculture making it hazardous for human use.