Honshu
Honshu (本州 Honshū, literally "Main Island" or "Main Province") ([hoɴꜜɕɯᵝː]) is the largest and most populous island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Straits. It is the seventh largest island in the world, and the second most populous after Java.
It had a population of 103 million in 2005, mostly concentrated in the available lowlands, notably in the Kantō plain where 25% of the total population resides in the Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and Yokohama, Kawasaki, Saitama and Chiba cities. Most of the nation's industry is located along the belt running from Tokyo along Honshu's southern coastal cities, including Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe, and Hiroshima, part of the Taiheiyō Belt.
The economy along the northwestern coast by the Sea of Japan is largely based on fishing and agriculture;Niigata is noted as an important producer of rice. The Kantō and Nōbi plains produce rice and vegetables. Yamanashi is a major fruit-growing area, and Aomori is famous for its apples.
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General : Strong earthquake rocks Honshu
Malaysian National News Agency 04 Aug 2019Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes near south coast of Japan's Honshu: EMSC
Manila Bulletin 28 Jul 2019Strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits near south coast of Japan's Honshu island
MENA FN 28 Jul 2019Strong 6.3 magnitude quake jolts Honshu island in Japan
The Siasat Daily 28 Jul 2019Strong Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Hits Near South Coast of Japan's Honshu Island- EMSC
Sputnik 27 Jul 2019Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes near south coast of Japan's Honshu - EMSC
The Star 27 Jul 2019General : Strong quake jolts west coast of Japan's Honshu Island
Malaysian National News Agency 18 Jun 2019General : Strong earthquake strikes Honshu, Japan
Malaysian National News Agency 04 Jun 2019New Hokkaido-Honshu VSC HVDC Commissioned, Interconnecting Hokkaido and the Main Island of Honshu (Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation)
Public Technologies 19 Apr 2019Strong Earthquake Rocks East of Japan's Honshu Island - USGS
Sputnik 11 Apr 2019Quake of magnitude 6.1 strikes east of Japan's Honshu: USGS
Yahoo Daily News 11 Apr 2019Quake of magnitude 6.1 strikes east of Japan's Honshu - USGS
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