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Asia is ___MASK13___ ' s largest and most populous continent , located primarily in the eastern and ___MASK26___ hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe . Asia covers an area of , about 30 % of ___MASK13___ ' s total land area and 8 . 7 % of the ___MASK13___ ' s total surface area . The continent , which has long been home to the majority of the human population , was the site of many of the first civilizations . Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population , but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of 4 . 4 billion people . ___MASK28___ , officially the People ' s Republic of ___MASK28___ ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over 1 . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of ___MASK28___ , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . ___MASK28___ is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . The lake is a popular tourist destination . History . Lake Towada occupies the caldera ___MASK20___ an active volcano , with large scale volcanic eruptions occurring approximately 55 , 000 , 25 , 000 and 13 , 000 years ago . The most recent eruption left traces ___MASK20___ pyroclastic flows as far away as the modern city ___MASK20___ Aomori . The lake is a double caldera in that the inlet between its two peninsulas ( called the  Nakaumi ) is the remnant ___MASK20___ a secondary caldera which erupted and collapsed approximately 5400 years ago . The mountain continued to erupt well into the historical period , with the last recorded eruption occurring in 915 AD , devastating the surrounding area with pyroclastic flows , and covering most ___MASK20___ the Thoku region ___MASK20___ Japan with volcanic ash , leading to crop failures , climate change and famines . Korea is a historical state in ___MASK67___ Asia , since 1945 divided into two distinct sovereign states : ___MASK75___ ( officially the " Democratic People ' s Republic ___MASK20___ Korea ") and ___MASK23___ ( officially the " Republic ___MASK20___ Korea "). Located on the Korean Peninsula , Korea is bordered by ___MASK28___ to the northwest and Russia to the northeast . It is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the ___MASK67___ Sea . National Route 102 is a national highway ___MASK20___ Japan connecting Hirosaki , Aomori and Towada , Aomori in Japan , with a total length ___MASK20___ 101 . 8 km ( 63 . 26 mi ) . The ___MASK95___ is the largest of the Earth ' s oceanic divisions . It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean ( or , depending on definition , to Antarctica ) in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east . ___MASK89___ , officially the Republic ___MASK20___ ___MASK28___ ( ROC ), is a state in East Asia . Neighbors include ___MASK28___ ( officially the People ' s Republic ___MASK20___ ___MASK28___ , abbreviated as PRC ) to the west , Japan to the northeast , and the Philippines to the south . ___MASK89___ is the most populous state that is not a member ___MASK20___ the United Nations , and the one with the largest economy . ___MASK59___ (" Nippon " or " Nihon " ; formally "" or " Nihon - koku ", means " State ___MASK20___ ___MASK59___ ") is a sovereign island nation in Eastern Asia . Located in the ___MASK95___ , It is lying off the eastern coast ___MASK20___ the Asia Mainland ( east ___MASK20___ ___MASK28___ , Korea , Russia ) and stretching from the Sea ___MASK20___ Okhotsk in the north to the East ___MASK28___ Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest . The is a ___MASK47___ located in eastern ___MASK57___ , Japan . Geography . Towada is located in the foothills ___MASK20___ the Hakkoda Mountains and encompasses the Aomori portion ___MASK20___ Lake Towada . The Oirase ___MASK47___ passes through the town . The city has a cold maritime climate characterized by cool summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall . Part ___MASK20___ the city is within the limits ___MASK20___ the Towada - Hachimantai National Park . ___MASK98___ ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , ___MASK98___ is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth ___MASK20___ the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over 140 million people at the end ___MASK20___ March 2016 . The European western part ___MASK20___ the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % ___MASK20___ the population live in European ___MASK98___ . ___MASK98___ ' s capital Moscow is one ___MASK20___ the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and ___MASK11___ . The Sea ___MASK20___ Okhotsk is a marginal sea ___MASK20___ the western ___MASK95___ , lying between the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east , the Kuril Islands on the southeast , the island ___MASK20___ Hokkaido to the south , the island ___MASK20___ Sakhalin along the west , and a long stretch ___MASK20___ eastern Siberian coast ( the Shantar Sea ) along the west and north . The northeast corner is the Shelikhov Gulf . The sea is named after Okhotsk , the first Russian settlement in the Far East .