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Philippines

If tropical islands, mind-blowing landscapes, and unending adventure are in your bucket list for a holiday trip, then you have found a gem of a destination with the Philippines.

The Philippines has over 7,000 islands is just waiting to be discovered, visited, and explored some more.

From paradise-like beaches and idyllic islands with turquoise waters, to the world’s most perfect cone volcano and the smallest primate, to a surfing mecca and century-old Spanish fortresses — there are unlimited surprises waiting for every traveler who will visit the Philippines.

France

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France

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Eugen Weber See All Contributors

Emeritus Professor of History, University of California at Los Angeles. Author of The Hollow Years: France in the 1930’s and others.

Last Updated: Dec 9, 2020 See Article History

Alternative Titles: French Republic, République Française

France, officially French Republic, French France or République Française, country of northwestern Europe. Historically and culturally among the most important nations in the Western world, France has also played a highly significant role in international affairs, with former colonies in every corner of the globe. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, the Alps and the Pyrenees, France has long provided a geographic, economic, and linguistic bridge joining northern and southern Europe. It is Europe’s most important agricultural producer and one of the world’s leading industrial powers.

Korea

Woo-ik Yu See All Contributors

Professor of Geography, Seoul National University, South Korea; former South Korean ambassador to China; South Korean Minister of Unification.

Last Updated: Dec 10, 2020 See Article History

Alternative Titles: Republic of Korea, Taehan Min’guk

South Korea, country in East Asia. It occupies the southern portion of the Korean peninsula. The country is bordered by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) to the north, the East Sea (Sea of Japan) to the east, the East China Sea to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west; to the southeast it is separated from the Japanese island of Tsushima by the Korea Strait. South Korea makes up about 45 percent of the peninsula’s land area. The capital is Seoul (Sŏul).

Japan

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Japan

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Takeshi Toyoda See All Contributors

Historian. Professor, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, and Hōsei University, Tokyo. Author of A History of Pre-Meiji Commerce in Japan and others.

Last Updated: Dec 10, 2020 See Article History

Alternative Titles: Nihon, Nippon

Japan, island country lying off the east coast of Asia. It consists of a great string of islands in a northeast-southwest arc that stretches for approximately 1,500 miles (2,400 km) through the western North Pacific Ocean. Nearly the entire land area is taken up by the country’s four main islands; from north to south these are Hokkaido (Hokkaidō), Honshu (Honshū), Shikoku, and Kyushu (Kyūshū). Honshu is the largest of the four, followed in size by Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. In addition, there are numerous smaller islands, the major groups of which are the Ryukyu (Nansei) Islands(including the island of Okinawa) to the south and west of Kyushu and the Izu, Bonin (Ogasawara), and Volcano (Kazan) islands to the south and east of central Honshu. The national capital, Tokyo(Tōkyō), in east-central Honshu, is one of the world’s most populous cities.