How did Japan not know 7000 islands?
How did Japan not know 7000 islands? If reports are to go by, 35 years ago, when the Japanese Coast Guard counted the islands, the technology used during that time could not distinguish between larger individual islands and small clusters of islands, which means thousands of such islands were counted as one.
Did Japan actually find 7000 new islands?
An underwater volcano erupted and left a crescent-shaped landmass with a diameter of about 3,281 feet in Asian country's territory within the Pacific Ocean. However exciting, that discovery pales in comparison to what the country found early this year: 7,000 new Japanese islands.