Pacific coast of Japan

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The Pacific coast of Japan is the long eastern shoreline of the Japanese archipelago facing the Pacific Ocean, known for its major port cities, fishing and shipping industries, and vulnerability to earthquakes and tsunamis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastline
geographical region
adjacentToPlate Amur Plate NERFINISHED
Okhotsk Plate NERFINISHED
Pacific Plate NERFINISHED
Philippine Sea Plate NERFINISHED
borders Pacific Ocean
climate humid continental climate
humid subtropical climate
climateInfluence Kuroshio Current NERFINISHED
Oyashio Current NERFINISHED
containsCity Chiba NERFINISHED
Hamamatsu NERFINISHED
Kawasaki NERFINISHED
Kobe NERFINISHED
Kushiro NERFINISHED
Nagoya NERFINISHED
Osaka NERFINISHED
Sendai NERFINISHED
Shizuoka NERFINISHED
Tokyo NERFINISHED
Yokkaichi NERFINISHED
Yokohama NERFINISHED
containsPort Port of Chiba NERFINISHED
Port of Kobe NERFINISHED
Port of Nagoya NERFINISHED
Port of Osaka NERFINISHED
Port of Sendai-Shiogama NERFINISHED
Port of Tokyo NERFINISHED
Port of Tomakomai NERFINISHED
Port of Yokohama NERFINISHED
country Japan
experiencedEvent 1923 Great Kantō earthquake NERFINISHED
1944 Tōnankai earthquake NERFINISHED
1946 Nankai earthquake NERFINISHED
1968 Tokachi-Oki earthquake NERFINISHED
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami NERFINISHED
hasFeature Sanriku rias coastline NERFINISHED
bays
estuaries
rocky shores
sandy beaches
hasInfrastructure Shinkansen lines NERFINISHED
breakwaters
coastal expressways
industrial zones
tsunami seawalls
hasPart Aichi Prefecture coast NERFINISHED
Bōsō Peninsula NERFINISHED
Chiba Prefecture coast NERFINISHED
Fukushima Prefecture coast NERFINISHED
Hokkaidō Pacific coast NERFINISHED
Hokkaidō eastern coast NERFINISHED
Ibaraki Prefecture coast
Izu Peninsula NERFINISHED
Kanagawa Prefecture coast NERFINISHED
Kantō region coast NERFINISHED
Kii Peninsula NERFINISHED
Mie Prefecture coast NERFINISHED
Miyagi Prefecture coast NERFINISHED
Sanriku Coast NERFINISHED
Shizuoka Prefecture coast NERFINISHED
Shōnan coast NERFINISHED
Tōhoku region coast NERFINISHED
Tōkai region coast NERFINISHED
Wakayama Prefecture coast
locatedIn Japanese archipelago NERFINISHED
majorEconomicActivity automobile industry
fishing
manufacturing
petrochemical industry
port logistics
shipping
steel industry
naturalHazard earthquakes
tsunamis
typhoons
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire
riskManagement earthquake-resistant construction
evacuation routes
tsunami warning systems
tectonicSetting subduction zone margin
usedFor commercial fishing
marine transport
recreation
tourism

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Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture locatedOn Pacific coast of Japan
Kujūkuri Beach partOf Pacific coast of Japan
Izu Peninsula partOf Pacific coast of Japan
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan locatedOn Pacific coast of Japan
Cape Chikyu belongsTo Pacific coast of Japan
this entity surface form: Japan’s Pacific seaboard
Tokyo–Nagoya–Osaka partOf Pacific coast of Japan
this entity surface form: Pacific Belt of Japan
1944 Tonankai earthquake tsunamiAffectedArea Pacific coast of Japan
this entity surface form: Pacific coast of central Japan
Tokai segment locatedIn Pacific coast of Japan
this entity surface form: Pacific margin of Honshu