What has 7000 islands?

Japan conducted a recount of its number of islands amid criticism that the figures weren't correct. Geographers are expected to add more than 7,000 islands to the count. The number of islands in Japan is expected to more than double after 7,000 new islands it didn't know existed were discovered. Well, kind of.



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