| 1.6| 3.6| 6.7|11.7|16.7|20.2|26.0|26.0| 22.6|16.0|10.4|3.9
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The varied climate of Japan is indicated by the following statistics
for centres as far distant as Nagasaki in the extreme south-west and
Sapporo in Hokkaido:

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|Nagasaki| Kyoto |Tokyo | Niigata | Aomori | Sapporo
----------------|--------|-------|------|---------|--------|---------
Days of rain or| | | | | |
snow | 179 | 176 | 144 | 218 | 229 | 216
Average | | | | | |
temp. (C.) | 14.9 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 9.4 | 7.3
Maximum | 36.7 | 37.2 | 36.6 | 39.1 | 36.0 | 33.4
Minimum | _5.6_ | _11.9_| _8.1_| _9.7_ | _19.0_ | _25.6_
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The italicised temperatures are below zero. Average dates of last
frost: Tokyo, April 6; Nagoya, April 13; Matsumoto, May 17.

POPULATION OF JAPAN, MANCHURIA AND MONGOLIA [XXX]. The population of
the Empire according to the 1920 census was 77,005,510, which included
Korea, 17,284,207; Formosa, 3,654,398; Saghalien, 105,765; and South
Manchuria (that is, the Kwantung Peninsula), 80,000. In Old Japan
(Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu with the near islands, and Loo-choos and
Bonins) there were 53,602,043, and in Hokkaido (including Kuriles)
2,359,097.

Tokyo is the largest city, 2,173,000, followed by Osaka, 1,252,000.
Kobe and Kyoto have a little more than half a million; Nagoya and
Yokohama four hundred thousand apiece. Ten other cities have a hundred
thousand odd.

In the following table the populations and areas of Japan, Great
Britain and the United States are compared:

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Country | Area | Population | Population
| | | per sq. mile
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Japan (excluding Korea, Formosa | | |
and Saghalien) | 142,000 | 55,961,140 | 394
| | (1920) |
British Isles | 121,636 | 47,306,664[*] | 388
| | (1921)