Meaning of JAPANESE ARCHIPELAGO

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  a string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean
	Synonyms:		Japan, Japanese Islands
	See Also:		archipelago, Ezo, Hokkaido, Hondo, Honshu, Kyushu, Osaka Bay, Pacific, Pacific Ocean, Shikoku, Yezo