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Japan and Indonesia are both island countries, but how many islands are there in each country? There are four main islands in Japan, and Indonesia has at least five or six large islands. Then you can start counting the smaller islands such as Okinawa in Japan and Bali in Indonesia. These are no problem. Finally, there are the smallest islands. Japan has over 6,000 islands, and in 1996, Indonesia said that it had 17,508. The problem is that not all of them have names. Now, the Indonesian government is trying to give them names so that it is clear that they belong to Indonesia. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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