The japanese islands span two thousand miles of ocean off the mainland .

日本诸岛伸展在大陆附近两千英里的海洋上。

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Researchers studying the various dialects of Japanese have concluded that all are descended from a founding language taken to the Japanese islands about 2,200 years ago.

研究日本各种各样方言的研究者们得出结论说，所有这些方言都起源于约2200年前被带到日本半岛的一种基础语言。

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Paleontological and petrological characteristics and structural features of these formations are entirely identical to those of the Mino terrane of the Japanese Islands.

该地体的地层古生物、岩石以及构造特征完全与日本列岛的美浓地体相同。

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Also,it did not create ways to protect China and the islands in the South Pacific Ocean from Japanese expansion.

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Admiral Nimitz of the Navy wanted to capture the small groups of Japanese-held islands in the Pacific, then seize Taiwan,and finally attack Japan itself.

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At the end of last week Japan sent two of its most modern warships to the Sea of Japan with orders to shoot down any missiles fired by North Korea towards the Japanese islands.

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Also, in the August 2009 elections, Denny Tamaki, a former radio deejay with a fondness for rock-and-roll, won a seat in the Lower House, representing a district in Naha, the capital of Okinawa prefecture, located south of the main Japanese islands.

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Japan is within range of these rockets and has been taking precautions, including setting up batteries of US-made Patriot anti-missile systems around the capital and sending two warships to the Sea of Japan, with orders to shoot down any missiles fired towards the Japanese islands.

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