According to Japanese media, using new digital mapping techniques, Japan now has, officially, over double its original number of islands.
Or more than double the original existing official figure.
The number of listed islands has been revised in response to criticism that the data is outdated and the number may differ significantly. The revised figure can impact entries in books and other materials. To remove artificially reclaimed land from the current survey, the government used a computer to automatically count islands based on the electronic land map of 2022 from GSI. It cross-referenced the map with earlier aerial pictures and other data.
There were 1,479 and 1,256 islands recorded in the prefectures of Nagasaki and Kagoshima in southwest Japan, respectively, while 1,473 islands were listed in Hokkaido in northern Japan.
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