Iapan (日本, Nihon oþþe Nippon) biþ ?gland r?ce in ?asternum Asie . Ligende in þ?m Sericus Garsecge , ligeþ hit be?asten þæm Iapaniscan sæ, and be?asten C?nan , Cor?an and Russlande . Þ? stafas þ? macaþ Iapanes naman m?naþ "sunne-fruma", forð? oft h?t Iapan "Land þæs R?sendan Sunnan".

Iapan is hring of 6,852 ?glandum. Þ? f?o?er gr?atest ?gland in gr?ete sindon Honsc? , Hokkaid? , Ky?sc? and Scikoku , t?gædere r?mende for 97% of Iapanes lande. M?st his ?gland beoþ d?nlendiscu, manig volcanic; for bisene, Iapanes h?ahest st?nscylf, Fucgi Beorge , is in his fr?man f?rbeorg. Iapan hæfþ ?oruldes t?oða gr?atest land?are in gr?ete, mid ymbe 128 ð?senda ð?send manna. Þæt gr?ater T?ky? r?ce, þæt ymbhabbaþ s?þes cynesetles T?ky? and oþer ymbhabbende læðum, is gr?atest burgt?n land in ?orulde, mid ofer 30 ð?senda ð?send on?unenda.

Archæological leornung sc?a?þ þæt menn ?æron libbende on Iapanes ?glandu s?? ?rl?ce s?? ?plicum Eald St?nyld . Þæt forma ge?rit ymbe Iapan beginneþ mid scortlicum h??ungum in C?nisc stær trahtas fram þære forma ælde C.E. Blice fram ymbhabbende ?orulde gefolged langum t?mum mid ?nl?pnese macedon Iapanes st?r .

Siþþan underf?hende his Grundr?ce?rite in 1947, hæfþ Iapan þ?ærene grundr?ce?ritisc sunder?n?eald mid he?hc?sere and gecosen gem?t.

Emperor : Naruhito