{"id":95103,"date":"2026-03-27T13:22:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=95103"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:22:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:52:52","slug":"honshu-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/honshu-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Honshu Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Honshu Island Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An earthquake measuring magnitude 6.2 struck off the east coast of Japan\u2019s largest island, Honshu, recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Honshu Island<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honshu, historically known as Akitsushima, is the <\/span><b>largest of the four main islands of Japan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies <\/span><b>between <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pacific-ocean\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific Ocean<\/a> (east) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><b>Sea of Japan (west).\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It forms a <\/span><b>northeast\u2013southwest arc <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">extending about 1,287 km and varies greatly in width.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has an area of 227,898 sq.km. It is the <\/span><b>world&#8217;s seventh-largest island.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>population <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of around <\/span><b>104 million<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, accounting for more than <\/span><b>80% of the total population of Japan.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>second-most populous island <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the world after the Indonesian island of Java.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It contains the <\/span><b>main cities <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Japan, including the <\/span><b>capital Tokyo, Osaka, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hiroshima, Nagoya, <\/span><b>Kyoto, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Yokohama.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The island is <\/span><b>dominated by the Central Trough<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a c<\/span><b>entral mountainous spine <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that contains the majority of Japan\u2019s highest peaks.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It contains <\/span><b>Japan\u2019s highest mountain, Mount Fuji <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(an active <\/span><b>stratovolcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), and its <\/span><b>largest lake, Lake Biwa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Earthquakes often occur, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as there are <\/span><b>several tectonic plates l<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ocated on this island. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Sourc<\/b><strong>e<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>:<\/strong> <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/powerful-6-2-quake-jolts-honshu-japans-largest-island-13993575.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honshu Island, Japan\u2019s largest island, is prone to earthquakes. 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