Answer: Option D
Answer: (d)
Shikoku is the smallest of Japan’s main islands with a total area of 7,260 square miles (18,800 sq km). This area is made up of the main island as well as the small islets surrounding it.
It is located to the south of Honshu and to the east of Kyushu and has a population of 4,414,955. Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan and it is located to the south of Honshu (map). It has a total area of 13,761 square miles (35,640 sq km) and a 2006 population of 13,231,995 people.
The largest city on Kyushu is Fukuoka and it is divided into seven prefectures. Hokkaido is the second-largest island of Japan with a total area of 32,221 square miles (83,453 sq km). The population of Hokkaido is 5,507,456 and the main city on the island is Sapporo, which is also the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture. Honshu is central, with Tokyo in the central part of the island.
The main island is also home to Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and Nagoya, and the majority of Japan’s population lives here. Honshu has a total area of 88,017 square miles (227,962 sq km) and it is the world’s seventh-largest island.