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Kazan Islands Iwo Jima Japan Anthem

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Iwo Jima, Japan Iwojima used to be occupied by US since WW-II, but in 1960's it was returned to Japan peacefully, and since then it is a part of Tokyo and Japanese Defence Army have a camp there. Iwo-jima lies within a 9-km-wide submarine caldera. The triangular, 8-km-long island narrows toward its SW tip. Iwo-jima has undergone dramatic uplift for at least the past 700 years accompanying resurgent doming of the caldera. The Moto-yama plateau consists of submarine tuffs overlain by coral deposits; a shoreline landed upon by Captain Cook's surveying crew in 1779 is now 40 m above sea level.

Japan A country of Asia on an archipelago off the northeast coast of the mainland. Traditionally settled c. 660 B.C., Japan's written history began in the 5th century A.D. During the feudal period (12th-19th century) real power was held by the shoguns, local warriors whose dominance was finally ended by the restoration of the emperor Mutsuhito in 1868. At about the same time the country was opened to Western trade and industrial technology. Expansionist policies led to Japan's participation in World War II, which ended after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 1945). Today the country is highly industrialized and noted for its advanced technology. Tokyo is the capital and the largest city. Population, 121,047,190+.

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