Where are the 7000 new islands located?

Japan is one of the most popular destinations and as you probably know, it's an island nation. And the last time Japan counted all of their islands, they had 6,852 of them. But they've just done a recount, and they now have 14,125! That's right; Japan just found over 7,000 “new” islands.



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